Artificial intelligence valet systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9429943-B2
Application number	US-201313786287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2013
Priority date	Mar 5, 2012
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

Various examples are described for an artificial intelligence valet system. In one example, among others, a distributed information sharing system can obtain route information associated with a geographic area and provide the route information to a user vehicle in response to a request. In another example, an autonomous user vehicle can receive a request to autonomously proceed to a user defined location; obtain route information; and determine a route to the user defined location using the route information. In another example, a collision avoidance system can determine if an object is in a path of travel of a vehicle based at least in part upon sensory data and maneuver the vehicle based at least in part upon an object determination. In another example, an accident reporting system can determine an occurrence of a violation of a vehicle; obtain recordings of the environment surrounding the vehicle; and report the violation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A distributed information sharing system (DISS), comprising:
at least one processing device; and
an information sharing system executable in the at least one processing device, the information sharing system comprising:
logic that obtains route information associated with a geographic area;
logic that stores the route information in a data store; and
logic that communicates the route information stored in the data store to a user vehicle in response to a request from a user device.

2. The DISS of claim 1 , wherein the route information is obtained from the user device.

3. The DISS of claim 2 , wherein the user device is a cellular phone.

4. The DISS of claim 1 , wherein the route information is obtained from the user vehicle.

5. The DISS of claim 2 , wherein the route information includes a route that was recorded by the user device during transit along that route.

6. The DISS of claim 2 , wherein the route information includes a user defined route.

7. The DISS of claim 1 , wherein the route information includes a parking location associated with the geographic area.

8. The DISS of claim 1 , wherein the route information includes parking patterns associated with the geographic area, where the parking patterns are associated with dynamic patterns of vehicle parking in the geographic area.

9. The DISS of claim 1 , wherein the route information includes criminal activity associated with the geographic area.

10. The DISS of claim 1 , wherein the request is a request from the user of the user vehicle for the route information associated with the geographic area.

11. The DISS of claim 1 , wherein the request is an open request to send the route information associated with the geographic area to the user vehicle when the route information has been obtained by the at least one processing device.

12. An accident reporting system, comprising:
a plurality of sensors distributed about a motor vehicle;
a monitoring system configured to:
determine an occurrence of a violation of the motor vehicle based upon sensory data from the plurality of sensors;
responsive to the determination of the violation, obtain audio and visual recordings of an environment surrounding the motor vehicle using the plurality of sensors;
identify a violation type associated with the violation based at least in part upon the audio and visual recordings; and
responsive to the violation type, report the violation to a reporting authority.

13. The accident reporting system of claim 12 , wherein the reporting authority is a user of the motor vehicle.

14. The accident reporting system of claim 12 , wherein the reporting authority is a service provider who reports the violation to an owner of the motor vehicle.

15. The accident reporting system of claim 13 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to report the violation to local law enforcement in response to an indication from the user.

16. The accident reporting system of claim 12 , wherein the violation is a collision with another motor vehicle.

17. The accident reporting system of claim 12 , wherein the violation is vandalism of the motor vehicle.

18. The accident reporting system of claim 12 , wherein the violation is theft of the motor vehicle.

19. The accident reporting system of claim 12 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to generate an incident report of the violation in response to cessation of the violation, the incident report including at least a portion of the obtained audio and visual recordings.

20. The accident reporting system of claim 12 , wherein identifying the violation type comprises determining whether a cause of the violation is an individual, an animal, or another vehicle.

Assignees

• Florida A&M Univ

Inventors

• Wilson Sihle K
• Benson Ronald E

Classifications

• G01C21/3484

  Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles · CPC title

• G01C21/3415

  Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents · CPC title

• B60W30/09

  Taking automatic action to avoid collision, e.g. braking and steering · CPC title

• B60W2900/00

  Indexing codes relating to the purpose of, or problem solved of road vehicle drive control systems not otherwise provided for in groups B60W30/00 · CPC title

• B60W2555/60

  Traffic rules, e.g. speed limits or right of way · CPC title