A transportation system

Abstract

A transportation system include a auto self-driving vehicle tractor in it and a passengers carrier. The auto self-driving vehicle tractor may connect with passengers carrier for traveling. The vehicle tractor may separate with passenger carrier, and the vehicle tractor may travel alone. The customers can rent the vehicle tractor through a method for traveling.

Description

[0001] A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

[0002] Specification:

[0003] TECHNICAL FIELD

[0004] The present disclosure is related to a personal transportation system, which help people travel from one place to another place in cheap way.

[0005] BACKGROUND

[0006] The existing personal transportation system includes sedan SUV Pickup etc. small vehicles, these small transportation systems may have engine, transmission system, wheel control system, auto self-drive system, brake system, passengers container, energy storage system etc. However, most people use the vehicle is less an hour everyday, and in the most time, vehicle is idle. Although there are Uber Lyft etc. shared vehicle apps on the market, but most people would like their own vehicle cause they prefer personal own space than a share space according to consider personal affinity decoration, store personal items, hygiene problems, familiar situation etc. The present disclosure provides a new transportation system, comprises an auto self-driving vehicle tractor and a passenger carrier, and the vehicle tractor has auto self-driving function. The customers only need to buy or lease the passenger carrier, and rent the tractor when they intend to travel, once they complete travel, cancel the tractor service and it disconnects with passenger carrier and drives away for serving other customers.

[0007] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0008] In the present art, a personal transportation system comprise two parts, an auto self-driving vehicle tractor and a passengers container. The customers can buy or lease the passengers container, and some companies offer renting auto self-driving vehicle tractor service. When a customer intends to travel, orders the tractor rent service through cell phone or other electric devices, and choose the color, size, engine power etc. of tractor based on personal affinities, then the tractor receives the order and auto self-drives to the customer's passengers carrier and auto connects it in a short time (a few minutes). The passenger carrier and vehicle tractor combine together and passengers ride on passenger carrier for traveling. When the customer arrives the destination, the vehicle tractor disconnects with passenger carrier and auto self-drives to service stations or other customers. This art decreases the idle vehicle engines number globally and customers spend less money to buy passenger carrier compared with buy the whole vehicle.

[0009] Also this disclosure gives a method and system for the auto self-driving vehicle tractor renting service, which include the membership registration, customers choose monthly or yearly pay service or base on distance to charge etc.

[0010] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING

[0011] To complete understand the present disclosure and features and advantages thereof, referencing the provided following description when read in conjunction with the figures, background, technical field of the disclosure, and headings. In the present disclosure and different figures, the identical numerals and / or letters may be repeated should be considered as the same element or a functionally equivalent element.

[0012] FIG.l is a perspective view illustrating an aspect of a transportation system in combine configuration.

[0013] FIG. 2A is a perspective view illustrating an aspect of the auto self-driving vehicle tractor of a transportation system.

[0014] FIG. 2B is a perspective view illustrating an aspect of the passenger carrier of the transportation system.

[0015] FIG BA - 3C are perspective view illustrating some configurations of the vehicle tractor.

[0016] FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the passenger carrier with front wheel.

[0017] FIG. 5 illustrates a system for renting the vehicle tractor for traveling .

[0018] FIG. 6 illustrates a register vehicle tractor membership system.

[0019] FIG. 7 illustrates a vehicle tractor payment system, which includes monthly or yearly payment packages and distance payment system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the details of the description, and various other modifications and applications can be considered. Further changes of the device, design, configuration or methods will be made to those skilled in the art without deviating from the true spirit of the scope of the disclosure herein described, therefore, the detail of description in the disclosure should be interpreted as illustration not to limit the scope of the invention.

[0021] A new transportation system includes an auto self-driving vehicle tractor and a passengers carrier. The auto self-driving vehicle tractor has auto self-driving system, and may connect with passengers carrier for traveling, and the vehicle tractor may separate with passenger carrier, and travel alone.

[0022] FIG 1. illustrates the new transportation system 10 comprise the auto self-driving vehicle tractor 1 and the passenger carrier 2. A few legs 4 may be deposited beneath the passenger carrier. The vehicle tractor and passenger carrier 2 can connect by a tractor connector 3 and a carrier connector 6 showed in FIG. 2A -2B.

[0023] FIG. 2A illustrates the auto self-driving vehicle tractor 1 may comprise the connector system 3, and two or more wheels 5 in FIG. 3A-3C. And the auto self-driving vehicle tractor may comprise engines, brake system, transmission system, energy storage system, central computer, a connector system etc.

[0024] FIG. 2B illustrates the passengers carrier 2 may comprise the passenger carrier connector system 6, legs 4, and two or more wheels etc. The passenger carrier 2 may comprise engines, brake system, transmission system, energy storage system, central computer, a connector system, doors, seats, seat belts, personal items storage space, entertainment system, etc.

[0025] When the auto self-driving vehicle tractor connector system 3 connects with the passengers carrier connector system 6, the vehicle tractor 1 and passenger carrier 2 may combine together for traveling, and when the vehicle tractor connector system 3 disconnects with passengers carrier connector system 6, the auto self-driving vehicle tractor 1 may travel alone by its auto self-driving system.

[0026] In another configuration, the passenger carrier 2 may have engine(s) or motor(s) or lower speed engine (s) or motor (s) and transmission system. The vehicle tractor 1 engine drives the passenger carrier 2 wheels through the transmission system, or a compute controls vehicle tractor 1 wheels and passenger carrier wheels, so the personal transportation system 10 can travel at all wheels drive model or 4 wheels drive model to increase the vehicle running stability when running on wet snow or ice or off-pavement roads.

[0027] In further aspects, the passengers carrier 2 may comprise some legs 4, and these legs can help passenger carrier stands on the ground when in parking configuration. And the legs 4 can draw back and hide beneath the carrier 2 when auto self driving vehicle tractor 1 connects the passengers carrier 2 to prepare for traveling showed in FIG.l.

[0028] As showing in Fig BA - 3C, the auto self-driving vehicle tractor may comprise 3 or more wheels 5. Also in FIG 4, the passenger carrier may comprise 3 or more wheels 7 for standing.

[0029] FIG. 5 illustrates the exemplary procedures to rent auto self-driving vehicle tractor 1 by registered customers. Registered customer opens the rent app through cell phone or other electric devices, begin from the step 21 to choose one of his or her vehicles, if he or she has more than one registered vehicles. And then customer inputs the destination, and the color power size of wanted tractor at step 22, then the rent app system shows nearby available vehicle tractors and the time of tractors arrive at the customer position 23. The customer chooses the vehicle tractor, then the system asks the customer if he or she is a monthly or yearly pay member? 24, if the customer chooses Yes, then the system checks if the customer added mileages are over the package covered mileages? If the customer added mileages is still not over package covered mileages, the system finish order 29. If the customer added mileages are over package covered mileages, then system asks customer, if he or she want to switch to used distance plan 26? if customer chooses YES, then the system shows the trip price and trip distance ( kilometers or miles) 27. If the customer chooses NO, then the system skips to customer monthly yearly pay packages procedures illustrated in FIG. 7. After customer chooses a monthly or yearly plan, then system continues to complete order 29. Once the order is completed, the system sends notice to the vehicle tractor 1, and it auto self-drives to customer carrier's position, simultaneously the system shows the map and vehicle tractor information BO. The auto self-driving vehicle tractor arrives the customer carrier's position and auto connects with passenger carrier 31, and combine together. Then the whole vehicle system 10 auto self-drives to the destination 32. After customer confirms 33 successfully to arrive at the destination, the vehicle tractor disconnects with passenger carrier and auto self-drives to other customer position or company service places 34.

[0030] FIG. 6 provides the exemplary procedures of register membership by customers. The customer opens the app on cell phone or other electric devices, input the passenger carrier model 41, system shows the step of choosing the monthly or yearly pay packages or distance pay 42. Then the customer chooses monthly or yearly pay packages 44 or used distance pay 43, and system asks the customer does has other vehicle 45, if customer wants to register other passenger carrier into program, and choose YES, the system will repeat the same procedures for registration, if customer doesn't have other passenger carrier, then chooses NO, the system finishes the member registration 46.

[0031] FIG. 7 illustrates the exemplary procedures of choosing monthly or yearly pay packages 51.

[0032] If customer chooses monthly yearly pay 44 in FIG 6, then the system shows monthly package 1 and cover number A mileage 52, and other monthly pay packages cover different number mileages, or customer chooses a yearly pay plan, the system shows yearly package 1: cover number F mileage 54 and other yearly pay packages. The customer chooses one package and complete monthly or yearly pay registration 55.

[0033] It should be apparent to those skills and method in the art that many more modifications besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The inventive subject matter, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the scope of the appended claims. Moreover, in interpreting both the specification and the claims, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest possible manner consistent with the context.

Claims

Claims:

1. A transportation system including: an auto self-driving vehicle tractor; a passenger carrier; wherein the auto self-driving vehicle tractor has auto self-driving system, and can travel alone, wherein the auto self-driving vehicle tractor may connect with the passenger carrier for together traveling, and the vehicle tractor may separate with passenger carrier.

2. The transportation system of claim 1, wherein the auto self-driving vehicle tractor comprises a connector system, and the passenger carrier comprises another connector system, the two connector systems can connect together for safety traveling and can disconnect.

3. The transportation system of claim 1, wherein the auto self-driving vehicle tractor further comprises engine, motor, brake system, transmission system, energy storage system, a central computer, connector system etc.

4. The transportation system of claim 1, wherein the passenger carrier further comprises engine, motor, brake system, a transmission system, energy storage system, a connector system, doors, seats, personal storage space, entertainment system etc.

5. The transportation system of claim 1, wherein the passenger carrier further comprises legs to facilitate passenger carrier to park safely.

6. The transportation system of claim 1, wherein the auto self-driving vehicle tractor connects with passenger carrier, and the wheels of passenger carrier can work togetherwith wheels of tractor for all wheel driving or multiply wheels driving.

7. The transportation system of claim 1, wherein the auto self-driving vehicle tractor and the passenger carrier connect and combine to be a sedan, SUV, Pickup truck etc.

8. A method of a customer orders auto self-driving vehicle tractor service including:The customer has passenger carrier, when the customer intends to travel, the customer orders the auto self-driving vehicle tractor through an application on cell phone or other electric devices, then the vehicle tractor receives order from a rent service system, and auto self-drives to the customer's passenger carrier position and connects with passenger carrier for traveling. Once the customer arrives the destination, the vehicle tractor separates with passenger carrier and drives away.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprise a membership registration procedure for new customers registration.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprise a monthly or yearly packages which cover some number mileages for customers to choose.

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