Patents Assigned to VULOG
  • Patent number: 11989031
    Abstract: A method for assisting an autonomous motor vehicle includes using an autonomous motor vehicle equipped with an automatic driving device which is adapted to decide driving actions to be carried out in order to autonomously circulate on a route, connecting the automatic driving device to a computer server of a remote control center through a wireless communication network, determining the geographical position of the vehicle. The method also includes predictive detection of a critical event on the route upstream of the position of the vehicle, which results in said operator takes control of the remote vehicle and decides driving actions, predictive detection of the critical event resulting from the combined analysis of data that includes, data on the state of the traffic lanes taken on the route upstream, the road conditions, the meteorological conditions, data coming from sensors installed on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: VULOG
    Inventor: François Colon
  • Publication number: 20230068045
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for activating access to a vehicle within a vehicle fleet parked in a parking area not covered by a data network, comprising the following steps: transmission of an activation signal from a user's computer equipment, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area, reception of the activation signal by embedded computer equipment of a plurality of vehicles of the vehicle fleet, implementation of a computerised logic process leading to the election of at least one vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles, identification of the elected vehicle: by transmitting, from the elected vehicle, location information of said vehicle, and/or by transmitting one or more pieces of identification data of the elected vehicle to the user equipment, from the embedded equipment of one of the plurality of vehicles, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area, transmission of an access authorisation to the elected
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: VULOG
    Inventor: François COLON
  • Publication number: 20230059145
    Abstract: A method for displaying, on a digital map, the geographical position of vehicles available for hire, the method including the following steps: retrieving the real geographical position, at a time T0, of vehicles available for hire, for each of the vehicles: calculating, by a route calculation module, a route between: a starting point corresponding to the real geographical position of the vehicle at T0, and an arrival point defined with respect to the geographical position of a mobile terminal of a user, calculating, by a calculation module, an estimated geographical position of the vehicle at a time T2 on the calculated route, wherein T2>T0, and, at a time T1, displaying on the digital map the estimated geographical position of all or a portion of the vehicles, wherein T2>T1>T0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: VULOG
    Inventor: François COLON
  • Publication number: 20220358841
    Abstract: A method for managing parking spaces for vehicles, which spaces are located in a geographical area and are associated with a controller, configured to allocate one or more parking characteristics to said spaces, the method including collection and storage of historical navigation data of identified vehicles and/or of identified drivers, statistical analysis of said stored data to predict the use of the spaces by the identified vehicles and/or the identified drivers, and modification of one or more parking characteristics allocated by the controller according to predicted space use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: VULOG
    Inventor: François COLON
  • Publication number: 20220114501
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a prompt request, including: calculation by a server of a first number of requests to reserve vehicles in a fleet of shared vehicles, in a predetermined geographical area, the calculation of the first number taking into account: the number of reservation requests actually received by the server at a given moment, and/or a number of estimated reservation requests, determination by the server of the geographical positions of the fleet vehicles, calculation of a second number of fleet vehicles that are available in the geographical area, comparison by the server of the first and the second number, if the second number is lower than the first number, identification by the server of the fleet vehicles—which are not available and are in operation; and the geographical position of which is in the geographical area or at a predetermined distance from the geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: VULOG
    Inventor: François COLON
  • Publication number: 20220113146
    Abstract: A method for planning a journey, including:—determining a starting point and an end point of the journey from an electronic device, selecting at least two vehicles for transport between the starting point and the end point where the journey includes a first journey section using a vehicle and a second journey section using a different vehicle, using a fleet of shared vehicles, attribution of statuses to the fleet vehicles, which statuses are at least: determination of the geographical positions of the fleet vehicles, as soon as the starting point and the end point of the journey are known by the server: selection of at least one vehicle in the fleet which is located between the starting point and the end point and which has the status ‘Available for reservation’, and calculation of a best route between the starting point and the end point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: VULOG
    Inventor: François COLON
  • Publication number: 20220091617
    Abstract: A method for assisting an autonomous motor vehicle includes using an autonomous motor vehicle equipped with an automatic driving device which is adapted to decide driving actions to be carried out in order to autonomously circulate on a route, connecting the automatic driving device to a computer server of a remote control center through a wireless communication network, determining the geographical position of the vehicle., The method also includes predictive detection of a critical event on the route upstream of the position of the vehicle, which results in said operator takes control of the remote vehicle and decides driving actions, predictive detection of the critical event resulting from the combined analysis of data that includes, data on the state of the traffic lanes taken on the route upstream, the road conditions, the meteorological conditions, data coming from sensors installed on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: VULOG
    Inventor: François COLON
  • Publication number: 20200334588
    Abstract: A method for updating a database for returning a vehicle which includes generating an availability indicator; transmitting the availability indicator to at least one user device belonging to a first user via a short-range wireless link; saving all the information in a memory of the device until subsequently detecting access to a data network; automatically transmitting all the information including said availability indicator to a remote server; and updating a database modifying a vehicle availability status within a fleet of vehicles by a computer of the remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: VULOG
    Inventor: François COLON
  • Publication number: 20200258009
    Abstract: A method for making available a vehicle, including generating a first query from a first device of a first user of a vehicle, to a server from a data network, in order to indicate a making available of said vehicle in a first zone; receiving of a third query by the first device, from the remote server, indicating a request for access to said vehicle by a second user; acceptance of the request for access from the first device, and in the first query includes a piece of information on vehicle availability, a piece of status information indicating a status of the vehicle specifying that the vehicle is in operation, and; a first piece of geographical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: VULOG
    Inventor: François COLON