User preview of the interior

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12287212-B2
Application number	US-202318159063-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2023
Priority date	Oct 28, 2019
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

Provided herein is a system on a vehicle, the system comprising one or more sensors, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform: receiving one or more ride requests for ridesharing from one or more users; receiving respective preferences from each of the one or more users; selecting a ride request of a user from the one or more ride requests based on the respective preferences; notifying the user of the selecting of the ride request; sending at least one of the images or videos of the interior of the vehicle to the user; in response to the sending, determining whether the user confirms the ride request; and in response to determining that the user confirms the ride request, selecting a route to the user and driving, according to the route, to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system of a vehicle comprising:
one or more sensors configured to acquire one or more images or videos of an interior of the vehicle;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform:
receiving one or more ride requests for ridesharing from one or more users;
receiving respective preferences from each of the one or more users, wherein the preferences comprise a road grade that a vehicle is equipped to traverse;
selecting a ride request of a user from the one or more ride requests based on the respective preferences and based on a comparison of the respective preferences to one or more characteristics of the vehicle, wherein the preferences further comprise driving characteristics and interior characteristics, the driving characteristics comprising a driving manner, a desired cruising velocity, or a desired acceleration or desired acceleration range, and the interior characteristics comprise an amount of legroom, a material used for upholstery or seating, a fragrance of the interior, a temperature or temperature range of the interior, or whether smoking is permitted in the interior, and the selecting of the ride request of a user comprises weighting at least some of the driving characteristics more heavily compared to at least some of the interior characteristics;
notifying the user of the selecting of the ride request;
sending at least one of the images or videos of the interior of the vehicle to the user;
in response to the sending at least one of the images or videos of the interior of the vehicle, determining whether the user confirms the ride request; and
in response to determining that the user confirms the ride request, selecting a route to the user and driving, according to the route, to the user.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the preferences comprise location characteristics, the location characteristics comprising a distance from the vehicle to the user and an estimated time to arrive at the user.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the selecting of the ride request of a user comprises weighting at least some of the driving characteristics more heavily compared to at least some of the location characteristics.

4. A method implemented by a computing system including one or more sensors, one or more processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
acquiring one or more images or videos, using the one or more sensors, of an interior of the vehicle;
receiving one or more ride requests for ridesharing from one or more users;
receiving respective preferences from each of the one or more users, wherein the preferences comprise a road grade that a vehicle is equipped to traverse;
selecting a ride request of a user from the one or more ride requests based on the respective preferences and based on a comparison of the respective preferences to one or more characteristics of the vehicle, wherein the preferences further comprise location characteristics and driving characteristics, the location characteristics comprising a distance from the vehicle to the user or an estimated time to arrive at the user, and the driving characteristics comprising a driving manner, a desired cruising velocity, or a desired acceleration or desired acceleration range, and the selecting of the ride request of a user comprises weighting at least some of the driving characteristics more heavily compared to at least some of the location characteristics;
notifying the user of the selecting of the ride request;
sending at least one of the images or videos of the interior of the vehicle to the user;
in response to the sending at least one of the images or videos of the interior of the vehicle, determining whether the user confirms the ride request; and
in response to determining that the user confirms the ride request, selecting a route to the user and driving, according to the route, to the user.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the preferences further comprise a material of upholstery or seating within an interior of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the preferences comprise a smoking or a non-smoking preference within the vehicle and a desired fragrance within an interior of the vehicle.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the preferences comprise interior characteristics, the interior characteristics comprise an amount of legroom, a material used for upholstery or seating, a fragrance of the interior, a temperature or temperature range of the interior, and whether smoking is permitted in the interior.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selecting of the ride request of a user comprises weighting at least some of the driving characteristics more heavily compared to at least some of the interior characteristics.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the preferences comprise a desired amount of legroom and a fragrance in the vehicle, and the selecting of the ride request of a user comprises weighting the desired amount of legroom more heavily compared to the fragrance.

10. The method of claim 4 , wherein the preferences comprise a desired amount of legroom and a smoking or a non-smoking preference within the vehicle, and the selecting of the ride request of a user comprises weighting the desired amount of legroom more heavily compared to the smoking or the non-smoking preference.

11. The method of claim 4 , wherein the preferences comprise a material used for upholstery or seating and a smoking or a non-smoking preference within the vehicle, and the selecting of the ride request of a user comprises weighting the material used for upholstery or seating more heavily compared to the smoking or the non-smoking preference within the vehicle.

12. A system of a vehicle comprising:
one or more sensors configured to acquire one or more images or videos of an interior of the vehicle;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform:
receiving one or more ride requests for ridesharing from one or more users;
receiving respective preferences from each of the one or more users, wherein the preferences comprise a road grade that a vehicle is equipped to traverse;
selecting a ride request of a user from the one or more ride requests based on the respective preferences and based on a comparison of the respective preferences to one or more characteristics of the vehicle, wherein the preferences further comprise location characteristics and driving characteristics, the location characteristics comprising a distance from the vehicle to the user or an estimated time to arrive at the user, and the driving characteristics comprising a driving manner, a desired cruising velocity, or a desired acceleration or desired acceleration range, and the selecting of the ride request of a user comprises weighting at least some of the driving characteristics more heavily compared to at least some of the location characteristics;
notifying the user of the selecting of the ride request;
sending at least one of the images or videos of the interior of the vehicle to the user;
in response to the sending at least one of the images or videos of the interior of the vehicle, determining whether the user confirms the ride request; and
in response to determining that the user confirms the ride request, selecting a route to the user and driving, according to the route, to the user.

Assignees

• Pony Ai Inc

Inventors

• Dingli Robert

Classifications

• G06Q10/02

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• H04N7/18

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• H04N5/28

  Mobile studios · CPC title

• G06Q50/40

  Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) · CPC title

• H04N7/181

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title