Determining available storage capacity of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10387982-B2
Application number	US-201715475071-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019

Abstract

Tracking remaining storage capacity of a vehicle using sensors via a wireless system of the vehicle is presented herein. A method can include receiving first data representing an object; receiving second data representing a storage space of a vehicle; and determining, using the first data and the second data, whether the object is capable of placement within the storage space of the vehicle. In an example, the method can further include displaying information representing an order of placements of a set of objects comprising the object, a proposed location for the object, and/or a proposed orientation for the object within the storage space of the vehicle in response to the object being determined to be capable of placement within the storage space of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a system comprising a processor via a sensor component, data representing at least one characteristic of a first object, the system and the sensor component being included in a vehicle including storage space;
detecting, by the system via the sensor component, that the first object has been removed from the storage space of the vehicle;
determining, by the system, that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the first object indicates an increase in the storage space of the vehicle based on detecting the first object has been removed from the storage space;
receiving, by the system via the sensor component, data representing at least one characteristic of a second object, the second object being included in the storage space of the vehicle;
determining, by the system, that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the second object indicates a probability of a movement of the second object in the storage space; and
sending, by the system, a message directed to a device comprising a warning indicating the probability of the movement of the second object within the storage space.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the first object has been removed from the storage space utilizing a camera.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending a query directed to a cloud-based storage device, wherein the query comprises a request to receive the data representing the at least one characteristic of the second object.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the second object indicates a probability of a movement of the second object in the storage space comprises:
correlating an identifier of the second object with the at least one characteristic of the second object.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the correlating comprises associating the identifier of the second object with a center of gravity of the second object.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movement of the second object in the storage space comprises at least one of a tilt or a roll of the second object within the storage space.

7. A system comprising:
a processor;
a sensor component; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, via the sensor component, data representing at least one characteristic of a first object, the sensor component being included in a vehicle including a storage area;

detecting, via the sensor component, a removal of the first object from the storage area of the vehicle;
determining that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the first object indicates an increase in the storage area of the vehicle based on detecting the removal of the first object from the storage area;
receiving, via the sensor component, data representing at least one characteristic of a second object, the second object being included in the storage area of the vehicle;
determining that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the second object indicates a probability of a movement of the second object in the storage area; and
sending, to a wireless device, a message comprising a warning indicating the probability of the movement of the second object within the storage area.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining dimensions representing an available storage capacity of the vehicle based on the detected removal of the first object from the storage area of the vehicle.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on the dimensions representing the available storage capacity, determining whether a third object is capable of being placed within the storage area of the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a reconfiguration of a component of the storage area for placement of the third object within a reconfigured portion of the storage area based on determining that the third object is not capable of being placed within the storage area of the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending a message directed to a mobile device representing the reconfiguration.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein determining that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the second object indicates a probability of a movement of the second object in the storage area is based, at least in part, on image data representing the storage area of the vehicle.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein determining that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the second object indicates a probability of a movement of the second object in the storage area comprises:
associating, via a data store, an identifier representing the second object with the at least one characteristic of the second object.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one characteristic of the second object comprises a center of gravity of the second object.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein movement of the second object in the storage area comprises at least one of a roll or a tilt of the second object within the storage area.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, via a sensor component, data representing at least one characteristic of a first object, the sensor component being included in a vehicle including a storage area;
detecting, via the sensor component, that the first object has been removed from the storage area of the vehicle;
determining that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the first object indicates an increase in the storage area of the vehicle based on detecting the first object has been removed from the storage area;
receiving, via the sensor component, data representing at least one characteristic of a second object, the second object being included in the storage area of the vehicle;
determining that the data representing the at least one characteristic of the second object indicates a probability of a movement of the second object in the storage area; and
sending to a wireless device, a message comprising a warning indicating the probability of the movement of the second object within the storage area.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining an available storage capacity of the vehicle based on detecting the first object has been removed from the storage area.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
based on the available storage capacity, determining whether a third object is capable of being placed within the storage area of the vehicle.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor component comprises an imaging device configured to examine the at least one characteristic of the first object and the at least one characteristic of the second object.

20. The system of claim 7 , wherein the sensor component comprises an imaging device configured to examine the at least one characteristic of the first object and the at least one characteristic of the second object.

Assignees

• Lyft Inc

Inventors

• Baldwin Christopher

Classifications

• G06N7/01

  Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks · CPC title

• G06F30/20

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• G01B11/28

  for measuring areas · CPC title

• H04W4/46

  for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V] · CPC title