Patents by Inventor EQUAN TOMPKINS

EQUAN TOMPKINS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11890901
    Abstract: A system for providing tire change information is provided. The system includes a processor, and a memory module storing one or more processor-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: determine a number of vehicles within a first region that requested a tire change, determine whether the number of vehicles is greater than a first threshold number, and provide information about a first tire change group discount to the vehicles that requested the tire change in response to determining that the number of vehicles is greater than the first threshold number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Equan Tompkins
  • Patent number: 11842304
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a ride-hailing platform. The ride-hailing platform includes one or more processors and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including obtaining, from multiple transportation providers, multiple ride-sharing routes for multiple ride-sharing vehicles. The operations include obtaining a ride-hailing request including one or more disability settings for a user, a location of the user and a destination of the user. The operations include determining that a first ride-sharing vehicle should transport the user based on the one or more disability settings of the user. The operations include altering a first ride-sharing route to transport the user from the location of the user to the destination of the user and providing the altered first ride-sharing route to a driver of the first ride-sharing vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Riley F. Keen, Wenxin Xia, Zhengyang Weng, Kory M. Koran, Philip W. Ryan, Equan Tompkins, Corey B. Clark
  • Patent number: 11624621
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for vehicle re-routing context determination for a subject vehicle, including: tracking movement of the subject vehicle as the subject vehicle is following a planned route; determining whether a deviation of the subject vehicle from the planned route indicates a user-initiated re-routing of the subject vehicle from the planned route; gathering data from a plurality of sources indicating a route condition leading to the user-initiated re-routing; analyzing the gathered data to determine a reason for the user-initiated re-routing; and based on the reason, determining whether to reroute other vehicles to avoid the reason for the user-initiated re-routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Freese, Seyhan Ucar, Equan Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20220042811
    Abstract: A method executed by a terminal apparatus includes transmitting and receiving one or more instant messages among a plurality of users, acquiring a period for sharing positional information among the plurality of users, the period being determined based on a meeting time for the plurality of users that is acquired from the instant messages, activating a function of sharing positional information among the plurality of users, when the period starts, and deactivating the function when the period ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsushi Okamoto, Kazumi Aono, Naoki Uenoyama, Equan Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20220042810
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus includes acquiring information indicating a first facility set as a destination of a user, and information indicating a reference time associated with the first facility, acquiring information indicating an estimated arrival time at which the user is to arrive at the first facility, and notifying a proposal to change the destination based on the reference time and the estimated arrival time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsushi Okamoto, Kazumi Aono, Naoki Uenoyama, Equan Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20210150434
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a ride-hailing platform. The ride-hailing platform includes one or more processors and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including obtaining, from multiple transportation providers, multiple ride-sharing routes for multiple ride-sharing vehicles. The operations include obtaining a ride-hailing request including one or more disability settings for a user, a location of the user and a destination of the user. The operations include determining that a first ride-sharing vehicle should transport the user based on the one or more disability settings of the user. The operations include altering a first ride-sharing route to transport the user from the location of the user to the destination of the user and providing the altered first ride-sharing route to a driver of the first ride-sharing vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Riley F. Keen, Wenxin Xia, Zhengyang Weng, Kory M. Koran, Philip W. Ryan, Equan Tompkins, Corey B. Clark
  • Publication number: 20210138851
    Abstract: A system for providing tire change information is provided. The system includes a processor, and a memory module storing one or more processor-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: determine a number of vehicles within a first region that requested a tire change, determine whether the number of vehicles is greater than a first threshold number, and provide information about a first tire change group discount to the vehicles that requested the tire change in response to determining that the number of vehicles is greater than the first threshold number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Equan Tompkins
  • Publication number: 20200393255
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for vehicle re-routing context determination for a subject vehicle, including: tracking movement of the subject vehicle as the subject vehicle is following a planned route; determining whether a deviation of the subject vehicle from the planned route indicates a user-initiated re-routing of the subject vehicle from the planned route; gathering data from a plurality of sources indicating a route condition leading to the user-initiated re-routing; analyzing the gathered data to determine a reason for the user-initiated re-routing; and based on the reason, determining whether to reroute other vehicles to avoid the reason for the user-initiated re-routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN FREESE, SEYHAN UCAR, EQUAN TOMPKINS