Transport facilitation system for configuring a service vehicle for a user

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548457-B2
Application number	US-202016988059-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2020
Priority date	Apr 1, 2016
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A transport facilitation system can receive a pick-up request from a computing device of a user of a transportation arrangement service, the pick-up request comprising a unique identifier and a pick-up location. Using the unique identifier, the system can perform a lookup in a database for a profile indicating vehicle setup preferences for the user, and select a service vehicle to service the pick-up request. The system can further determine a seat assignment within the service vehicle for the user, and based on the vehicle setup preferences indicated in the profile, the system transmit a set of configuration instructions to the service vehicle, the set of configuration instructions to configure one or more adjustable components of the service vehicle for the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transport facilitation system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the transport facilitation system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request for transportation from a computing device, the request comprising a pick-up location;
accessing a profile for a user associated with the request, the profile indicating one or more preferences for the user;
selecting a service vehicle to service the request;
determining a seat assignment for the user based at least in part on the profile, the seat assignment indicating a seat of the service vehicle for the user;
selecting a route for the service vehicle to travel to the pick-up location based at least in part on the seat assignment of the user; and
transmitting one or more route commands to the service vehicle, the one or more route commands indicating the route for the service vehicle to travel to the pick-up location.

2. The transport facilitation system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more route commands are configured to route the service vehicle such that the service vehicle picks up the user with the seat of the service vehicle indicated by the seat assignment corresponding to a road curb at the pick-up location.

3. The transport facilitation system of claim 1 , wherein the seat of the service vehicle indicated by the seat assignment is to be on a side of the service vehicle in which the user will enter.

4. The transport facilitation system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise communicating data indicative of the seat assignment to the computing device prior to the service vehicle arriving at the pick-up location.

5. The transport facilitation system of claim 1 , wherein the service vehicle comprises an autonomous vehicle.

6. The transport facilitation system of claim 1 , further comprising determining a configuration of a seat associated with the seat assignment based at least in part on the profile.

7. The transport facilitation system of claim 6 , wherein the configuration of the seat comprises one or more parameters associated with the seat, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a seat position, a seat temperature, an air temperature, a display on a display screen, a language preference, a music preference, or a interior lighting condition.

8. The transport facilitation system of claim 6 , wherein the service vehicle is configured to adjust an interior of the service vehicle based at least in part on the configuration.

9. The transport facilitation system of claim 6 , wherein adjustment of an interior of the service vehicle comprises adjusting a seat based at least in part on the configuration.

10. The transport facilitation system of claim 1 , wherein the profile is indicative of a seating preference of the user.

11. The transport facilitation system of claim 10 , wherein the seating preference of the user is learned over time.

12. The transport facilitation system of claim 1 , wherein the request for transportation is indicative of a vehicle type.

13. A vehicle comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a computing system, a transport invitation, wherein the transport invitation comprises a pick-up location and a seat assignment for a user, the seat assignment being determined based at least in part on a profile associated with the user, and the seat assignment indicating a seat of the vehicle for the user;
receiving, from the computing system, data indicative of a route for the vehicle to travel to the pick-up location, wherein the route is based at least in part on the seat assignment for the user; and
providing one or more signals associated with controlling the vehicle to travel in accordance with the route to the pick-up location.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the route is associated with the vehicle picking-up the user with the seat of the vehicle indicated by the seat assignment corresponding to a road curb.

15. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the seat of the vehicle indicated by the seat assignment is to be on a side of the vehicle in which the user will enter.

16. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the vehicle comprises an autonomous vehicle.

17. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise adjusting one or more parameters associated with the vehicle prior to arriving at the pick-up location, the one or more parameters comprising at least one of a seat position, a seat temperature, an air temperature, a display on a display screen, a language preference, a music preference, or a interior lighting condition.

18. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein a seat associated with the seat assignment is adjusted prior to the vehicle arriving at the pick-up location.

19. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the vehicle is associated with a plurality of transportation invitations, the vehicle providing pooled transportation associated with a plurality users.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request for transportation from a computing device, the request comprising a pick-up location;
accessing a profile for a user associated with the request, the profile indicating one or more preferences for the user;
selecting a service vehicle to service the request;
determining a seat assignment within the service vehicle for the user based at least in part on the profile, the seat assignment indicating a seat of the service vehicle for the user;
selecting a route for the service vehicle to travel to the pick-up location based at least in part on the seat assignment of the user; and
transmitting one or more route commands to the service vehicle, the one or more route commands indicating the route for the service vehicle to travel to the pick-up location.

Assignees

• Uber Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Zych Noah

Classifications

• B60W2710/30

  Auxiliary equipments · CPC title

• B60W2400/00

  Indexing codes relating to detected, measured or calculated conditions or factors · CPC title

• B60R16/037 Primary

  for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel} · CPC title

• B60W50/0098

  Details of control systems ensuring comfort, safety or stability not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G06Q50/30

  Physics · mapped topic