IP Library Granted Patent US 9,516,481
Granted Patent B2
US 9,516,481 · App. 13/884,661 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

System for using communication terminal

Inventors: Ryo Takizawa (Edogawa-ku, JP); Ko Koga (Setagaya-ku, JP); Yoshiyuki Oya (Mitaka, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W4/16H04M1/7253
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Patent No.
US 9,516,481
App. No.
13/884,661
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The system for using a communication terminal has a portable telephone user having a portable telephone, and a vehicle-mounted system is provided in a shared vehicle. In the portable telephone, an NFC is provided, and the vehicle-mounted system in the shared vehicle, an R/W for NFC communication is provided. When communication is performed for a first communication time between the R/W for NFC communication and the NFC by holding up the portable telephone to the R/W for NFC communication provided in the shared vehicle, door locking is performed. In addition, when communication is performed for a second communication time, a usage finishing process is performed.

Claims (9)

1. A system comprising:

a communication terminal that initiates, in a server, a reservation of a vehicle and a billing process, wherein the communication terminal includes:

a memory for storing user identification information, and

a contactless proximity communicator; and

an operation device that is mounted to the vehicle and performs a predetermined operation according to the user identification information, wherein the operation device includes:

a reader for reading the user identification information by a communication between the contactless proximity communicator and the reader;

a first controller that identifies whether a user of the communication terminal is a user of the vehicle based on the user identification information and measures a duration of the communication between the contactless proximity communicator and the reader; and

a second controller that performs a door locking operation on the vehicle if the first controller has identified the user of the communication terminal as the user of the vehicle and has measured the duration of the communication to be a first duration,

wherein, after the second controller has performed the door locking operation on the vehicle, if the first controller identifies the duration of the communication to be equal to or greater than a second duration, the second duration being longer than the first duration, the first controller performs a usage finishing process on the vehicle, the usage finishing process including completing the billing process in the server.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2013
From: TAKIZAWA, RYO; KOGA, KO; OYA, YOSHIYUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 030778/0880 →
Continuity (1)
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