Patents Examined by Paulo Roberto Gonzalez Leite
  • Patent number: 11403952
    Abstract: A method and system provides an equipped autonomous vehicle to a destination. In one embodiment, a method for providing an equipped autonomous vehicle to a destination includes receiving a request from a user for an equipped autonomous vehicle. The request includes at least one selected activity and a destination. The method includes determining, from the request, a set of equipment for the at least one selected activity and providing the equipped autonomous vehicle with the set of equipment for the at least one selected activity. The method also includes instructing the equipped autonomous vehicle to travel to the destination requested by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takero Arima
  • Patent number: 11269327
    Abstract: A controller of an autonomous vehicle receives a travel itinerary of a passenger and an airport map. The controller then uses the airport map to arrive at a terminal corresponding to the passenger's travel itinerary. Upon arrival at the terminal the controller communicates with parked vehicles (V2V) or infrastructure to identify an unoccupied parking spot and then autonomously parks. When picking up a passenger, the controller determines whether the passenger has checked luggage and adjusts and arrival time accordingly and may account for the storage volume of the luggage. The controller may also loop a circuit at the airport where a wait time has been exceeded. In some embodiments, augmented reality may be used to help the passenger identify the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lindsay Chan, Aysha Habbaba, Jinesh J. Jain