Abstract:
A carpool fare organizer is useful when there is at least one passenger and comprises a distance recording unit, a passenger calculating unit, a fare calculating module and at least one display device. The distance recording unit records a get-in distance, a get-out distance and an accumulated distance of each passenger. The passenger calculating unit calculates a number of passengers. The fare calculating module calculates an original fare, an accumulated discount and an economical fare. A method for generating carpool fares comprises steps of recording a get-in distance, a get-out distance and an accumulated distance of each passenger and a number of passengers, and calculating an economical fare with the get-in distance, the get-out distance, the accumulated distance and the number of passengers.
Abstract:
The present invention is a carpool arranger and a method of operating the carpool arranger. The carpool arranger comprises at least one passenger internet device, at least one vehicle internet device and a central processing module. The method of operating the carpool arranger comprises steps of transmitting information from each passenger internet device and each vehicle internet device to a central processing module; planning an optimal route for a passenger internet device that transmits a carpool request; choosing appropriate vehicles; planning carpool routes for the chosen vehicles; and transmitting information from the central processing module to each passenger internet device and each vehicle internet device.