US 12,291,241 B2
Transportation system and transportation method using multipurpose vehicle
Dong Eun Cha, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Sang Heon Lee, Seoul (KR); and Jin Ho Hwang, Cheonan-Si (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 Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,238.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0082637 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410941 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60P 3/07 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 60/00253 (2020.02) [B60P 3/07 (2013.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); E05Y 2400/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/85 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/506 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/54 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transportation system using a vehicle, the transportation system comprising:
the vehicle including a loading space for a mobility device and a boarding space for a passenger; and
a control unit configured to control opening or closing of the loading space, opening or closing of the boarding space, and driving of the vehicle so that, when there is a passenger who possesses or utilizes the mobility device among passengers, opening or closing of the loading space, opening or closing of the boarding space, and driving of the vehicle interwork with each other,
wherein the control unit includes:
a vehicle controller provided in the vehicle and configured to control the opening or the closing of the loading space, the opening or the closing of the boarding space, and the driving of the vehicle; and
a server provided outside the vehicle and configured to receive a request from a passenger terminal and transmit the request to the vehicle controller,
wherein when information regarding use of a mobility device loading space is included in the request, the server is configured to transmit the request and the information to the vehicle controller,
wherein the sever is further configured to transmit information regarding a space remaining in the loading space and the boarding space to the vehicle controller, and
wherein the server is further configured for receiving updated opening/closing information of the loading space and the boarding space from the vehicle controller.