US 11,941,682 B2
Car recommendation system for car sharing service and method thereof
Sojeong Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,104.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0119012 (KR), filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079296 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle recommendation system that recommends a vehicle to a customer intending to use a car sharing service, the system comprising:
a server configured to calculate a first recommendation score indicating suitability for recommendation of the vehicle based on a previously stored vehicle use record for the customer, receive vehicle use information for using the car sharing service from a customer terminal possessed by the customer, and calculate a second recommendation score indicating suitability for recommendation of the vehicle based on the vehicle use information; and
a vehicle terminal mounted on the vehicle associated with the car sharing service, the vehicle terminal including a vehicle controller for transmitting position information of the vehicle terminal to the server and receiving a message from the server,
wherein the server is configured to transmit recommendation information related to an internal combustion engine vehicle, a hybrid vehicle, or an electric vehicle to the customer terminal based on at least one of a result of comparing the first recommended score with a predetermined first reference value or a result of comparing the second recommended score with a predetermined second reference value, and
wherein the server is configured to transmit the message upon reserving the vehicle based on the at least one of the result of comparing the first recommended score with the predetermined first reference value or the result of comparing the second recommended score with the predetermined second reference value.