Terminal system of taxi vehicle and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11989389-B2
Application number	US-202217572999-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2022
Priority date	Aug 11, 2021
Publication date	May 21, 2024
Grant date	May 21, 2024

Abstract

An embodiment terminal system for a taxi vehicle includes a first terminal positioned for a passenger of the taxi vehicle, and a second terminal positioned for a driver of the taxi vehicle and configured to display a first communication user interface (UI) for receiving information to be transferred from the driver to the passenger on a first screen, and in response to any one of first options included in the first communication UI being selected, to transmit first message information that is determined based on the selected any one first option to the first terminal, wherein the first options included in the first communication UI are chosen based on driving status information of the taxi vehicle, a boarding type of the passenger, or surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal system for a taxi vehicle, the terminal system comprising:
a first terminal positioned for a passenger of the taxi vehicle; and
a second terminal positioned for a driver of the taxi vehicle and configured to:
receive first templates from a server, the first templates corresponding to first options and based on driving status information of the taxi vehicle, a boarding type of the passenger, or surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle;
configure a first communication user interface (UI) by using the first templates;
display the first communication UI for receiving information to be transferred from the driver to the passenger on a first screen; and
in response to any one of a plurality of first options included in the first communication UI being selected by the driver, generate first message information that is determined based on the selected any one first option and transmit the first message information to the first terminal, wherein the first options included in the first communication UI are chosen based on the driving status information of the taxi vehicle, the boarding type of the passenger, or the surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle;
wherein the second terminal initiates two-way communication with the first terminal using the first communication UI;
wherein the driving status information of the taxi vehicle includes information related to whether the taxi vehicle starts passenger transportation or whether the taxi vehicle completes the passenger transportation;
wherein the boarding type of the passenger indicates whether the passenger boarding the taxi vehicle is a passenger boarded using a call/allocation service or a passenger boarded during a general roaming business of the taxi vehicle;
wherein the surrounding environment information includes weather information of an area in which the taxi vehicle is currently driving;
wherein the first templates include meta information for selecting corresponding second templates corresponding to second options to be used to configure a second communication UI at the first terminal and used to generate second message information from the passenger to the driver; and
wherein the first terminal, the second terminal, and the server are processor operated devices that execute instructions stored in a memory coupled to a processor.

2. The terminal system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is configured to identify the boarding type of the passenger based on whether the passenger in the taxi vehicle used the call/allocation service to board the taxi vehicle or boarded by roaming business, based on allocation information received from a server configured to provide the call/allocation service.

3. The terminal system of claim 2 , wherein:
the first options included in the first communication UI include a destination input request in response to the boarding type of the passenger being identified as the boarded by the roaming business; and
the second terminal is configured to transmit the first message information requesting a destination input to the first terminal in response to a selection input for the destination input request being detected in the first communication UI.

4. The terminal system of claim 3 , wherein the second terminal is configured to generate path guide information to a destination based on destination information in response to the destination information being received in response to the first message information from the first terminal.

5. The terminal system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first terminal is configured to display the second communication UI for receiving information to be transmitted from the passenger to the driver on a second screen, and in response to any one of the second options included in the second communication UI being selected, to transmit the second message information that is determined based on the selected any one second option to the second terminal; and
the second options included in the second communication UI are chosen based on the driving status information of the taxi vehicle, the boarding type of the passenger, or the surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle.

6. The terminal system of claim 5 , wherein:
the first terminal is configured to receive the second templates corresponding to the second options from the server, and is configured to configure the second communication UI by using the second templates; and
the server is configured to configure the second templates based on the driving status information of the taxi vehicle, the boarding type of the passenger, or the surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle.

7. The terminal system of claim 5 , wherein the first terminal is configured to:
receive a plurality of templates corresponding to a plurality of selectable options through the second communication UI from the server;
select a plurality of second templates corresponding to the second options from among the plurality of templates based on the driving status information of the taxi vehicle, the boarding type of the passenger, or the surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle; and
configure the second communication UI by using the second templates.

8. The terminal system of claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises the server, which is configured to configure the first templates based on the driving status information of the taxi vehicle, the boarding type of the passenger, or the surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle.

9. The terminal system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is configured to:
receive a plurality of templates corresponding to a plurality of selectable options through the first communication UI from the server;
select first templates corresponding to the first options from among the plurality of templates based on the driving status information of the taxi vehicle, the boarding type of the passenger, or the surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle; and
configure the first communication UI by using the first templates.

10. The terminal system of claim 1 , wherein:
the driving status information of the taxi vehicle includes an indoor temperature of the taxi vehicle and the surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle includes an ambient temperature of the taxi vehicle; and
the first options included in the first communication UI include options related to temperature adjustment in response to the ambient temperature of the taxi vehicle being out of a predetermined range or a difference between the indoor temperature of the taxi vehicle and the ambient temperature being greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

11. The terminal system of claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving the first message information, the first terminal is configured to display the received first message information on a second screen in a pop-up window.

12. A method of operating a terminal system including a first terminal for a passenger of a taxi vehicle and a second terminal for a driver of the taxi vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving by the second terminal, a plurality of first templates corresponding to first options, the first templates being received from a server that has configured the first templates based on driving status information of the taxi vehicle, a boarding type of the passenger, or surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle;
configuring, by the second terminal, a first communication user interface UI by using the first templates;
displaying, by the second terminal, the first communication user interface (UI) for receiving information to b

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Kim Sojeong

Classifications

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G01C21/362

  received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application · CPC title

• G08G1/202

  Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching · CPC title

• H04M1/72436

  for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails · CPC title

• H04W4/024

  Guidance services · CPC title