Patents by Inventor Lucas D. Smith

Lucas D. Smith 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: 11893527
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a delivery system for returning a property item left in a transportation environment to a passenger of the transportation environment. A method can include determining a first waypoint based on a location of the property item, determining a second waypoint based on a pickup location identified by the passenger, constructing a delivery route between the first waypoint and the second waypoint in which the delivery route has at least one segment that corresponds with at least a portion of at least one selected trip from a plurality of trips to be carried out in the transportation environment, obtaining confirmation of acceptance of the delivery route from at least one participant of the at least one selected trip, and obtaining confirmation of delivery of the property item by the at least one participant and/or the passenger in accordance with the delivery route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Lucas D. Smith, Jay N. Bartholomew
  • Publication number: 20210090004
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a delivery system for returning a property item left in a transportation environment to a passenger of the transportation environment. In one embodiment a method according to the disclosed subject matter includes determining a first waypoint based on a location of the property item, determining a second waypoint based on a pickup location identified by the passenger, constructing a delivery route between the first waypoint and the second waypoint, the delivery route having at least one segment that corresponds with at least a portion of at least one selected trip from a plurality of trips to be carried out in the transportation environment, obtaining confirmation of acceptance of the delivery route from at least one participant of the at least one selected trip, and obtaining confirmation of delivery of the property item by the at least one participant and/or the passenger in accordance with the delivery route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Lucas D. Smith, Jay N. Bartholomew
  • Publication number: 20210065111
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to tracking a user, updating a destination for the user and delivering an item to the updated destination using a Mobility-as-a-Service (“MaaS”) system. In one embodiment, a method includes associating the item with the user. The method includes determining a destination of the user, determining a delivery route for the item based at least on the destination and initiating delivery of the item based on the determined delivery route. The method further includes tracking movements of the user, receiving user movement data based on at least the tracked movements of the user, and determining whether the destination has changed based on the user movement data. If the destination has changed, updating the destination based on the user movement data, determining a revised delivery route for the item based on the updated destination, and rerouting the item based on the revised delivery route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Lucas D. Smith, Shalini Keshavamurthy, Gagandeep Singh Saini, Louis A. Brugman, Katsumi Nagata