System for determining rental of construction machine

Abstract

A construction machine rental fee setting system comprises a receiver, provided at a location remote from a construction machine, that receives information relating to the usage conditions and/or the usage environment of the construction machine transmitted from the construction machine, and a rental fee setting device that sets a construction machine rental fee based on the information received at the receiver.

1 . A construction machine rental fee setting system, comprising: 
 a receiver, provided at a location remote from a construction machine, that receives information relating to usage conditions and/or usage environment of the construction machine transmitted from the construction machine, and    a rental fee setting device that sets a rental fee for the construction machine based on the information received at the receiver.    
     
     
         2 . A construction machine rental fee setting system, comprising: 
 an information acquisition unit, provided in a construction machine, that acquires information relating to usage conditions and/or usage environment of the construction machine;    a transmitter that transmits the information that has been acquired;    a receiver, provided at a location remote from the construction machine, that receives the information relating to the usage conditions and/or the usage environment of the construction machine transmitted from the transmitter, and    a rental fee setting device that sets a rental fee for the construction machine based on the information received at the receiver.    
     
     
         3 . A construction machine rental fee setting system according to  claim 1  or  claim 2 , wherein: 
 the information relating to the usage conditions of the construction machine includes at least one of information relating to a workload, information relating to a traveling load, information relating to a working time, information relating to a swiveling time, and information relating to a traveling time of the construction machine.  
 
     
     
         4 . A construction machine rental fee setting system according to  claim 1  or  claim 2 , wherein: 
 the information relating to the usage conditions of the construction machine is information relating to whether a specialized function other than normal functions is used.  
 
     
     
         5 . A construction machine rental fee setting system according to  claim 1  or  claim 2 , wherein: 
 the information relating to the environmental conditions of the construction machine includes any of information relating to a working location of the construction machine and information relating to weather.  
 
     
     
         6 . A construction machine rental fee setting system according to  claim 1  or  claim 2 , wherein: 
 the receiver and the rental fee setting device are provided in a rental company, and  
 the receiver receives the information from the construction machine via a relay station.  
 
     
     
         7 . A construction machine rental fee setting system according to  claim 6 , wherein: 
 the relay station transmits the information from the construction machine to the rental company using an electronic mail.    
     
     
         8 . A construction machine rental fee setting system according to  claim 1  or  claim 2 , wherein: 
 the rental fee setting device sets the rental fee based on the information received by the receiver and loan data stored in a specified database.  
 
     
     
         9 . A rental fee setting system that receives information transmitted from a construction machine having been rented, using a receiving station, wherein: 
 the construction machine comprises a detector that detects a location of the construction machine, a measurement unit that measures operating conditions of the construction machine, and a transmitter that transmits the information relating to the location and the operating conditions, and    the receiving station comprises a receiver that receives the information transmitted from the construction machine, a weather information acquisition unit that acquires weather information for a region indicated by received location information, and a data processor that correlates and outputs the information relating to the operating conditions that has been received and the weather information that has been acquired.    
     
     
         10 . A rental fee setting system according to  claim 9 , further comprising: 
 a fee setting device that sets a rental fee based on the information relating to the operating conditions that has been received, and wherein;    the data processor correlates and outputs the information relating to the operating conditions, the weather information and information relating to the rental fee.    
     
     
         11 . A rental fee setting system that receives information transmitted from a construction machine having been rented, using a receiving station wherein: 
 the construction machine comprises a measurement unit that measures usage time of a specialized function other than normal functions, and transmitter that transmits information representing a specialized function usage time having been measured, and    the receiving station comprises a receiver that receives transmitted information.    
     
     
         12 . A rental fee setting system according to  claim 11 , wherein: 
 the receiving station further comprises a fee calculating unit that calculates a usage charge for the specialized function based on the information about the specialized function usage time having been received.    
     
     
         13 . A rental fee setting system according to  claim 11 , wherein: 
 a fee calculating system outputs fee data calculated by adding a usage charge for the specialized function to a normal fee.    
     
     
         14 . A rental fee setting system that receives information transmitted from a construction machine having been rented, using a receiving station, wherein: 
 the construction machine comprises a measurement unit that measures a normal operating time and a usage time for a specialized function other than normal functions respectively, and a transmitter that transmits information representing measured operating time and specialized function usage time, and    the receiving station comprises a receiver that receives transmitted information, and a fee calculating unit that calculates a rental fee for the construction machine based-on received information.