Based On User Input Preference Patents (Class 701/425)
  • Patent number: 11927453
    Abstract: A risk of theft is reduced in transportation by an autonomous mobile body. A route determination system according to the present disclosure determines a transport route of an article to be transported by an autonomous mobile body. The route determination system according to the present disclosure includes a judgement unit that judges whether or not an area including a position of a person is dangerous based on position information of the person and a credit rank of the person and a route determination unit that determines, as the transport route, a bypass route for bypassing a dangerous area when a candidate of the transport route passes through the dangerous area judged to be dangerous by the judgement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
  • Patent number: 11915163
    Abstract: In one embodiment a transportation request is received from a computing device of a first subscriber to a transportation service. It is determined that the transportation request is authorized by a second subscriber to the transportation service. One or more details associated with the transportation request and location information of the computing device of the first subscriber are communicated to a computing device of a driver associated with the transportation service to allow the driver to fulfill the transportation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunny Marueli, Talmon Marco
  • Patent number: 11914379
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a path plan. An example method includes generating guidance lines for a next path of a vehicle based on an edge of a current path, generating a first path plan of a field within a field boundary, the first path plan generated using a first degree heading, generating a second path plan of the field within the field boundary, the second path plan generated using a second degree heading, and when the first path plan includes a first cost lower than a second cost of the second path plan, transmitting the first path plan to a vehicle to control the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Qiang R. Liu, Jeffery J. Adams, Ryan C. Burnley, Andrej Cygankov
  • Patent number: 11895554
    Abstract: An edge system includes a plurality of first-layer circles and a second-layer circle, and a geographical area represented by the second-layer circle includes a geographical area represented by each first-layer circle, that is, the first-layer circles are deployed in the second-layer circle. Each first-layer circle includes a plurality of sites, the sites include an initial site and are also included in the second-layer circle, and the initial site processes a data operation request sent by a client in a first-layer circle including the initial site, and in the second-layer circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Yin
  • Patent number: 11881100
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for determining a cluster-based stopping point for a motor vehicle for a predefined reason for stopping in a lane of a road. The individual stopping points of a plurality of vehicles may be determined for the reason for stopping in the lane, wherein the vehicles are controlled by individual drivers. A distribution of the individual stopping points in the lane at least in the direction of travel of the vehicles may be determined. The maximum of the distribution may be determined and stored as a cluster-based stopping point. The cluster-based stopping point determined in this way may be applied to autonomous driving technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Max, Thomas Günterberg, Timur Aminev, Peter Baumann
  • Patent number: 11876767
    Abstract: A mobile application for integrating a location sharing event with a messaging platform such as a text messaging or email platform allows users to be prompted about location sharing when at least a part of the message includes location or time information. In one embodiment, the mobile application takes the form of an integrated location sharing application that parses the message to discern the relevant location or time information. The application may also provide a notification of a future event and may optionally generate a location sharing event based on the notification. In another embodiment, the application permits interactive route sharing between at least two computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Glympse, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Trussel, Stephen Miller, James Stanton, Jason Keimig, Craig Link
  • Patent number: 11874127
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to improved techniques for personalizing vehicle routes and operator sessions using pre-trained machine learning language models. In certain embodiments, a language model is trained on operator interaction data to learn operator route preferences for vehicle operators. These learned operator route preferences can be leveraged to optimize and personalize vehicle routes and operator sessions in various ways. Other embodiments are disclosed herein as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SURGETECH, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Love, Blake Love, Tiago Soromenho
  • Patent number: 11847146
    Abstract: A method and system provide areas with lifestyle preferences selected by a user. Generally, a computing device receives a selection of one or more lifestyle preferences from the user. In response to the selected lifestyle preferences, a visual display of one or more areas of a geographic map that includes one or more of the lifestyle preferences that favorably compare to the lifestyle preferences of the user is presented to the user via a user interface of the computing device. Additionally, the user may submit a review of the lifestyle preferences available in a particular location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Torri Wollenschlager, Molly Vaughn, John Lucas Bothwell, Kristin E. Booth, Tyler Haycraft, Connor Lirot, Bart Paul Pousson, Courtney Gerard Smith, Garrick Douglas Gabbrants, James Joseph Mellinger, Charles Allen Stokes, Tim Vernon, Anthony Todd Frazier, Thomas Clausing
  • Patent number: 11821740
    Abstract: A method for routing a vehicle includes determining, based on roadway section information for two or more potential driving routes for a vehicle, a first route along which a driver assistance feature or an automated driving feature will not be available and a second route along which the driver assistance feature or the automated driving feature will be available. The method further includes providing navigation instructions for the second route to a driver or control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Stephens, Jonathan Thomas Mullen, Shane Elwart
  • Patent number: 11798426
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a camera, one or more sensors, memory storing first instructions that define an overall mission, and memory storing one or more mission cues. The vehicle further includes one or more processors configured to execute a first part of the first instructions to perform a first part of the overall mission. The processors are configured to process at least one of the image data and the sensor data to detect a presence of at least one of the mission cues. The processors are configured to, in response to detecting a mission cue, interrupting execution of the first instructions and executing second instructions to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform a first sub-mission of the overall mission. The processors are configured to after executing the second instructions, performing a second part of the overall mission by executing a second part of the first instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Firmatek Software, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Parker Clark
  • Patent number: 11796328
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a vehicle-icon-animation system that determines render orientations for rendering a vehicle icon to represent a public transportation vehicle traveling along a predicted route. For example, based on analyzing public transit information, the disclosed systems can determine render orientations corresponding to locations of a public transportation vehicle along a predicted route. In addition, the disclosed systems can render (or cause a client device to render) a vehicle icon to portray the public transportation vehicle pointing in different render orientations at various locations along the predicted route. Further, the disclosed systems can update the vehicle icon to render it in a new location within a graphical map display based on updated public transit information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Simard, Paul Theodore Beck, Sherzod Makhmudjanov, Dorington George Little, IV
  • Patent number: 11781881
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for vehicle guidance. In an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a method of vehicle guidance including determining a current lane-level position of a vehicle, comparing the determined current lane-level position of the vehicle to an anticipated lane-level position of the vehicle, the anticipated lane-level position of the vehicle corresponding to a lane-level position of the vehicle within a predetermined route of the vehicle, receiving, based upon the comparison, an input regarding an intended route of the vehicle, and generating, via processing circuitry, guidance information based on the received input regarding the intended route of the vehicle, wherein the receiving the input regarding the intended route of the vehicle includes determining alternate routes between a current position of the vehicle and a destination of the vehicle based on the determined current lane-level position of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Wiesenberg, Matthew R. Kiefer
  • Patent number: 11680816
    Abstract: A spatial infotainment rendering system may include at least one infotainment device configured to present information to a vehicle occupant traveling along a vehicle route at one of a plurality of infotainment locations within the vehicle and at least one spatial rendering processor. The processor may be configured to receive vehicle location and direction information of the vehicle along the vehicle route, receive event data indicative of an event having a potential to affect the vehicle route, and determine an event location based on event data. The processor may also be configured to select one of the infotainment locations based on the event location relative to the vehicle location and direction to present event information to the vehicle occupant relating to the event at a location spatially related to the event location relative to the vehicle route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Riley Winton, Christopher Michael Trestain, Chris Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11680809
    Abstract: A content information acquiring unit acquires content information including a watching-or-listening time period of content that an occupant of a vehicle desires to watch or listen to. A position information acquiring unit acquires position information of the vehicle. A road information acquiring unit acquires road information including information regarding an autonomous driving section and a manual driving section. A route setting unit sets a route in which the vehicle travels through the autonomous driving section in the watching-or-listening time period of the content on the basis of the content information, the position information, and the road information. A notification unit notifies the occupant of the vehicle of the route set by the route setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yozo Kanayama
  • Patent number: 11680812
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media relating to a vehicle navigator system are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, vehicle operation data relating to one or more characteristics of operation of a motor vehicle may be received. An operation style by which an operator may operate the motor vehicle may be determined from the vehicle operation data. A vehicle location and a destination location may be received. A route may be determined from the vehicle location to the destination location according to the operation style by which an operator operates the motor vehicle. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Tahoe Research, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jayashree R. Padmanaban
  • Patent number: 11643103
    Abstract: In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method is provided that includes: receiving an input as to a destination of travel for a vehicle; identifying, via a processor, a plurality of routes for the vehicle to travel to the destination; determining, via the processor, for each of the plurality of routes, a measure of difficulty of vehicle maneuvers for the vehicle to reach the destination via the route; and performing a vehicle action, via instructions provided by the processor, based on the respective measures of difficulty for the plurality of routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Hui-ping Wang, Li Zuo, Sanja Laptosevic
  • Patent number: 11617099
    Abstract: Methods for reporting logged information by a user equipment (UE) and a UE reporting logged information for sidelink communications. The measurement information includes a reference signal received power (RSRP) and a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) independently measured and logged for each Proximity Service Per-Packet Priority (PPPP). Reporting the logged information is based on a transmission delay higher than a threshold configured for the each PPPP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyukjin Chae, Sunghoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11543264
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises detecting, at a processor of an autonomous vehicle, a discrepancy between a map and a property sensed by at least one sensor onboard the autonomous vehicle, the property being associated with an external environment of the autonomous vehicle. In response to detecting the discrepancy, and based on the discrepancy, an annotation for the map is generated via the processor. A signal representing the annotation is caused to be transmit to a compute device that is remote from the autonomous vehicle. A signal representing a map update is received from the compute device that is remote form the autonomous vehicle. The map update is generated based on the annotation, the map update (1) including replacement information for a region of the map associated with the annotation, and (2) not including replacement information for a remainder of the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PlusAI, Inc.
    Inventors: Mianwei Zhou, Yibo Chen
  • Patent number: 11483407
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a computing device, determining, by a computing device, a location of a user device; retrieving, by the computing device, public information from public sources using the location of the user device; providing, by the computing device, the public information to the user device; locating, by the computing device, environment devices within an environment of the user device using the location of the user device; collecting, by the computing device, data from the environment devices; determining, by the computing device, whether obstacles are present in the user environment using the collected data and the public information; and providing, by the computing device, alerts to the user device about the obstacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alonso Andres Villalobos Laurent, Sean Thomas Fornash, Ricardo Golcher Ugalde, Farid Fuleihan, Christopher Kevin Vissuskus
  • Patent number: 11473918
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system for determining a risk of an accident on a driving route comprising: a memory storing route risk parameters of the driving route, wherein at least one of the route risk parameters is assigned to route sections of the driving route, wherein each of the route risk parameters contains information relevant for road safety on the respective route section; and a processor in communication with the memory, programmed to determine a respective risk factor for each of the route risk parameters, wherein the respective risk factor indicates a measure of a risk of an accident on the respective assigned route section. The processor determines a total risk index of the driving route based on the respective risk factor of the respective risk parameter assigned to the respective route section, wherein the total risk index measures risk of an accident on the driving route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Rene Alexander Körner
  • Patent number: 11461356
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide techniques for on-demand access to object data hosted in distributed object storage. A query is received for the distributed object storage database, wherein the distributed object storage database includes first object data stored in a first data center at a first geographical location, and second object data stored in a second data center at a second geographical location. It is determined that the query is for at least a portion of the first object data stored by the first data center. The query is transmitted to a first computing device in the first data center. Results are received from the first computing device for the query, and the results are provided in response to the received query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MongoDB, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Geppert Wilson, David Robert Golub, Mehrab Mohammad Hoque, Adinoyi Wisdom Omuya, Charles Robert Kalmanek, Eliot Horowitz
  • Patent number: 11455356
    Abstract: A computer server system and method are disclosed for personalization and customizable filtering of network search results and search result rankings, such as for Internet searching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Digerati, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Balasia
  • Patent number: 11415429
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a user action estimation unit that estimates an expected passage route of a user based on a current position and an action history of the user; a sound signal input unit to which a sound signal based on the utterance of the user is input; a storage unit that stores a keyword and a POI related to the keyword; a keyword extraction unit that extracts the keyword from the sound signal; and a POI selection unit that selects a candidate POI as a candidate for a destination based on the expected passage route estimated by the user action estimation unit and the keyword extracted by the keyword extraction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamai, Takashi Matsumoto, Yasushi Nagai, Megumi Tsuchiyama
  • Patent number: 11409412
    Abstract: A mapping system presents geographically relevant images. The images may be relevant to a search entered by the user, directions requested by the user, or any other factor relevant to the user's relationship to the displayed map. Moreover, the images may change in response to user actions or other factors, wherein new images “bubble up” as user context changes. The mapping system may display geographically relevant images by way of an information card presented in response to a user interacting with a point on a digital map. The user may interact with any of the geographically relevant images, causing an indicator of the map location associated with the image to be presented. Alternatively or additionally, a user interaction with a geographically relevant image may cause an interactive panoramic presentation of street-level imagery to be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin Ho, Jonathan Siegel, Su Chuin Leong
  • Patent number: 11407111
    Abstract: A robot is configured to perform a task on an object using a method for generating a 3D model sufficient to determine a collision free path and identify the object in an industrial scene. The method includes determining a predefined collision free path and scanning an industrial scene around the robot. Stored images of the industrial scene are retrieved from a memory and analyzed to construct a new 3D model. After an object is detected in the new 3D model, the robot can further scan the image in the industrial scene while moving along a collision free path until the object is identified at a predefined certainty level. The robot can then perform a robot task on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Biao Zhang, Remus Boca, Carlos W. Morato, Carlos Martinez, Jianjun Wang, Zhou Teng, Jinmiao Huang, Magnus Wahlstrom, Johnny Holmberg
  • Patent number: 11307046
    Abstract: This guidance system is provided with: an accepting unit which acquires a guidance request including at least a destination and image data from a user terminal; a guidance unit which, on the basis of vehicle information of a vehicle recognized from the image data by image recognition, acquires vehicle related information relating to said vehicle, and with reference to the vehicle related information and the destination, derives a ride suitability indicating whether the vehicle is suitable for traveling to the destination; and a response unit which reports a response including at least the ride suitability derived by the guiding unit to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirohisa Onuki
  • Patent number: 11294552
    Abstract: Location information may be gathered, managed, stored, and/or otherwise utilized to determine unique geo-referenced locations. The geo-referenced locations may be utilized to inform various processes and decisions such as insurance underwriting, risk assessment, pricing, and risk/loss control. Geo-referenced location information may also be utilized to allow for user-defined or customized value subject data gathering, analysis, and management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Travelers Indemnity Company
    Inventor: Dean M. Collins
  • Patent number: 11288282
    Abstract: According to one aspect, methods and systems are provided for selectively employing storage engines in a distributed database environment. The methods and systems can include a processor configured to execute a plurality of system components, wherein the system components comprise an operation prediction component configured to determine an expected set of operations to be performed on a portion of the database; a data format selection component configured to select, based on at least one characteristic of the expected set of operations, a data format for the portion of the database; and at least one storage engine for writing the portion of the database in the selected data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MongoDB, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Bostic, Michael Cahill, Eliot Horowitz, Dan Pasette, Mathias Stearn, Geert Bosch
  • Patent number: 11262478
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a method for predicting a weather-related dangerous situation at a specific point on the path of a user by referencing separate observation data observed from multiple observation points, comprising the steps of: a weather-related dangerous situation prediction server obtaining observation data from each of the observation points; and (b) the server predicting the weather status of the specific point by analyzing geographical distribution information of the observation data and/or temporal change information of the observation data by referencing a machine learning database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Oceanic and Atmospheric System Technology (KOAST)
    Inventor: Hyo Hyuc Im
  • Patent number: 11252120
    Abstract: An online system receives information describing one or more interactions by each of a set of online system users with an entity having a presence in the online system, in which the information includes a geographic location of each user stored in a corresponding user profile. The online system determines multiple polygons defined at different geographic granularities, in which each polygon includes a region on a geographic map. A score is computed for each polygon based on a number of the set of users who interacted with the entity and who have a geographic location within the polygon, as well as a total number of users having a geographic location within the polygon. A polygon is selected based on the scores and a geographic location for the entity is inferred for the entity as the selected polygon at the geographic granularity of the selected polygon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Alex Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 11202174
    Abstract: A tracking system can provide smart alerts based on a user's location. The tracking system can receive a location of a user's mobile device and establish a geographic boundary around the location if the mobile device remains at the location for a threshold amount of time. The tracking system can receive a new location of the mobile device outside of the geographic boundary and configure the mobile device to scan for a tracking device associated with the user for an interval of time. If the tracking system detects the tracking device within the interval, the tracking system stores information indicating that the user possesses the tracking device. Otherwise, the tracking system sends an indication to the mobile device indicating that the user has left behind the tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Klinkner, Kevin Refermat
  • Patent number: 11117488
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include matching transportation requests to personal mobility vehicles. A dynamic transportation network may incorporate different types of vehicles, such as bicycles and/or scooters. Certain vehicles may have advantages over other vehicles in certain contexts but be disadvantageous in others. For example, a dynamic transportation matching system may match a user transporting a bulky package with a basket-equipped bike rather than a scooter without a basket. Moreover, the dynamic transportation matching system may account for a wide variety of other factors, including but not limited to route features, ambient conditions, and vehicle status when matching a transportation requestor to a specific vehicle. Moreover, some systems may account for vehicle wear-and-tear, battery power levels, operational status, etc. to avoid matching users vehicles that would be unable to fulfill a transportation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Ellis Whitt, Steven James Martisauskas, Dor Levi
  • Patent number: 11099018
    Abstract: A method of maneuvering a work machine is disclosed comprising receiving a signal indicative of an actual position of a work machine, and determining a route to maneuver the work machine from the actual position to a target position. When a distance between the actual location and the target location is greater than a straight-distance threshold, the route comprises a curved portion between the actual position and a straight-distance threshold point and a straight portion between the straight-distance threshold point and the target position. When the distance between the actual location and the target location is less than the straight-distance threshold, the route comprises the straight portion. The method further includes displaying a determined path and an indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: David Gitz, Maikel Torres, Qi Chen
  • Patent number: 11029172
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a real scenario navigation method and apparatus, a device and a computer readable storage medium. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is feasible to obtain the travel manner, the query starting point, the query finishing point and the destination provided by the user, and then perform navigation map-based first travel manner path planning, according to the travel manner, the query starting point and the query finishing point so that it is feasible to perform real-scenario image-based second travel manner path planning, according to the query finishing point and the destination, if the user reaches the query finishing point and a distance between the query finishing point and the destination is smaller than or equal to a preset distance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xintao Chen, Zhipeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 10977606
    Abstract: A system and method for automated delivery driver routing and order preparation timing. The system is a cloud-based network containing an optimization server, portals for restaurants, customers, and drivers to enter their information, and an optimization engine which determines optimal pickup and delivery times for delivery drivers based on a multitude of variables associated with the business enterprises and delivery driver availability. The system may be accessed through web browsers or purpose-built computer and mobile phone applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ROCKSPOON, INC.
    Inventor: Nagib Georges Mimassi
  • Patent number: 10967519
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic detection of spills are disclosed. In some exemplary implementations, a robot can have a spill detector comprising at least one optical imaging device configured to capture at least one image of a scene containing a spill while the robot moves between locations. The robot can process the at least one image by segmentation. Once the spill has been identified, the robot can then generate an alert indicative at least in part of a recognition of the spill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Brain Corporation
    Inventors: Dimitry Fisher, Cody Griffin, Micah Richert, Filip Piekniewski, Eugene Izhikevich, Jayram Moorkanikara Nageswaran, John Black
  • Patent number: 10955252
    Abstract: Determining a route based on road conditions includes receiving an origin and a destination from a user and calculating a plurality of routes from the origin to the destination. Aspects also include obtaining weather data along each of the plurality of routes and ranking each of the plurality of routes based on the weather data, a user profile, and on historical weather response data for areas along each of the plurality of routes. Aspects also include providing a route with a highest ranking from the plurality of routes to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, John S. Werner, Arkadiy O. Tsfasman, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes
  • Patent number: 10921487
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a sitting duck scenario of a vehicle on or near a road are disclosed. The current location and speed of the vehicle are used for different comparisons and/or determinations, including a comparison to road-specific information to determine whether the vehicle is in a particular proximity of a highway, and a determination whether the vehicle has been stationary continuously for at least a specified duration. Additional comparisons and/or determinations may be used. If such an occurrence has been detected, one or more notifications are generated, and provided to one or more of the vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wagstaff, Samuel Thomas Kruse, Jason Palmer
  • Patent number: 10841746
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining private communication between groups of travelers travelling to the same destination. The method is achieved using a navigation module working with an infotainment device such as mobile phone/vehicle dashboard. The navigation module includes a long range, low power transceiver, a positioning transceiver, a Bluetooth wireless transceiver and a network communication transceiver. Each traveler has a navigation module. The method dynamically hosts an instance of the cloud for a connected group. The group leader can create a private travel group and the group is connected using both the cloud a long range, low power RF network. The method helps the group to interact among themselves by sharing their live positions, and responses such as alerts or chats. The group remains connected while the network communication transceiver is active (online) and while long range, low power RF network is active (offline).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: UST GLOBAL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Prasad Vignesh Eashwaramoorthy
  • Patent number: 10788329
    Abstract: A multi-leg transport system receives a transport request and determines a number of transfer locations between the origin location and the destination. The system selects a first provider to transport the user from the origin location to a transfer location and remotely monitors the position of the user as the user travels to the transfer location. In response to determining that the travel time to the transfer location is within a threshold, the system selects a second provider to transport the user from the transfer location to either the next transfer location or the destination for the transport request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Wu, Khang Tran, Yuehai Xu, Ruiyan Zhou, Anurag Gupta, Vishnu Srinivasan Sundaresan, Meisam Vosoughpour Yazdchi, Yawen Wei
  • Patent number: 10766495
    Abstract: An onboard apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute acquisition of information regarding a driving environment on a route from a riding point of a passenger riding on a vehicle to an alighting point where the passenger alights; and calculation of points given to a driver who drives the vehicle along the route according to the information regarding the driving environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Matsuda, Kazuhiko Nakanishi, Yuko Mizuno, Satoshi Shimada, Takuya Maekawa, Yorichika Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 10753750
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving mapping of a surrounding environment by a mapping vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying dynamic objects within the surrounding environment that are proximate to the mapping vehicle from sensor data of at least one sensor of the mapping vehicle. The dynamic objects are trackable objects that are moving within the surrounding environment. The method includes generating paths of the dynamic objects through the surrounding environment relative to the mapping vehicle according to separate observations of the dynamic objects embodied within the sensor data. The method includes producing a map of the surrounding environment from the paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan W. Wolcott, Jeffrey M. Walls
  • Patent number: 10712165
    Abstract: Arrangements relate to determining a travel route. An origin and a destination of intended travel can be received. A plurality of first inputs can be received. Each first input can relate to the availability of a respective communication channel between the origin and the destination. Each first input can create at least one data item representing the availability of the respective communication channel. One or more suggested travel routes between the origin and the destination can be determined based on one or more of the received plurality of first inputs. At least a subset of the determined one or more suggested travel routes can be presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Jonathan Dunne, Liam Harpur, John Rice
  • Patent number: 10712164
    Abstract: Arrangements relate to determining a travel route. An origin and a destination of intended travel can be received. A plurality of first inputs can be received. Each first input can relate to the availability of a respective communication channel between the origin and the destination. Each first input can create at least one data item representing the availability of the respective communication channel. One or more suggested travel routes between the origin and the destination can be determined based on one or more of the received plurality of first inputs. At least a subset of the determined one or more suggested travel routes can be presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Jonathan Dunne, Liam Harpur, John Rice
  • Patent number: 10684390
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a sitting duck scenario of a vehicle on or near a road are disclosed. The current location and speed of the vehicle are used for different comparisons and/or determinations, including a comparison to road-specific information to determine whether the vehicle is in a particular proximity of a highway, and a determination whether the vehicle has been stationary continuously for at least a specified duration. Additional comparisons and/or determinations may be used. If such an occurrence has been detected, one or more notifications are generated, and provided to one or more of the vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wagstaff, Samuel Thomas Kruse, Jason Palmer
  • Patent number: 10687170
    Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an endpoint position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Maeno
  • Patent number: 10607574
    Abstract: In order to provide a technology with which an area that meets the intention of a user is scrolled when the user gives a scroll instruction while specifying a part of an image, provided is an information processing device which performs control for scrolling an image that is displayed on a display unit and that includes a scrollable first area and a second area which is a part of the first area and which is scrollable independently, the information processing device including: a unit configured to receive information that specifies a point on the display unit and that instructs to scroll an image corresponding to the specified point; a unit configured to determine, when the specified point corresponds to the second area, whether the first area is to be scrolled or the second area is to be scrolled independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Rei Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10529232
    Abstract: A driving service system, a provider-side mobile device and a server are disclosed. The driving service system includes the server and the provider-side mobile device. The provider-side mobile device is communicational connected with the server. When a driving mission is assigned to an owner of the provider-side mobile device, the owner operates an input unit of the provider-side mobile device to input identity information of the owner and to select a driving route corresponding to the driving mission. The provider-side mobile device provides position information when moving on the driving route. The server obtains a position of the provider-side mobile device on first map information and the identity information of the owner according to the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: Kuan-Hui Ho
  • Patent number: 10514697
    Abstract: Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes calculating, via a router of a vehicle system that accesses road map data, at least one route to a destination based on the road map data, thereby producing route solution data. The vehicle system enters a remote assistance mode in response to remote assistance decision data received from a blockage arbiter of the vehicle system. In the remote assistance mode, the method includes determining, via the router, at least one road segment of the road map data that is permitted to be blacklisted, thereby producing permitted blacklist data. The method includes transmitting the permitted blacklist data and the route solution data, via a vehicle communications module of the vehicle system, to a remote vehicle assistance system. The method includes updating, via the router, the road map data to exclude at least one blacklisted road segment defined by the permitted blacklist data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Wisniowski, Drew Gross, Solomon Bier, Ian Rust
  • Patent number: 10509777
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying and recursively populating a geographic tile with entities. Recursively populating a geographic tile with entities includes: sending a request to a third-party server for entities located near a representative point of the geographic tile; calculating a maximum distance from the representative point among the entities received; and determining whether a bounding perimeter based on the maximum distance encompasses the geographic tile. If the bounding perimeter encompasses the geographic tile, the retrieved entities located within the geographic tile are stored in association with an identifier for the geographic tile. If the bounding perimeter does not encompass the geographic tile, the geographic tile is divided and the subdivision tiles are recursively populated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Vladimirov Ivanov, Marian Gelu Olteanu, Pol Mauri Ruiz, Victor-Cristian Ionescu