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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2000
Hiroshi Murakami, Saitama, JP;
Shunji Yano, Tochigl, JP;
Kazuhiro Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Matthew James Barth, Riverside, CA (US);
Michael Donovan Todd, Redlands, CA (US);
Hiroshi Murakami, Saitama, JP;
Shunji Yano, Tochigl, JP;
Kazuhiro Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Matthew James Barth, Riverside, CA (US);
Michael Donovan Todd, Redlands, CA (US);
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for sharing a fleet of vehicles among a plurality of users, where in preferred embodiments the shared vehicles are electrically powered, the system comprising a system control computer that assigns vehicles in response to requests by users, and monitors system performance, a computer subsystem through which users request vehicles for trips, and a vehicle subsystem within each vehicle that is in communication with the system control computer allowing the system control computer to monitor the location and status of each vehicle in the vehicle sharing fleet.