Method and device for informing a user during approach to a destination

• US 10,074,007 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2016
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Schoning, Volkmar
• Primary Examiner(s): Entezari, Michelle M
• Application Number:
  US15/190,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20160379045A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques

Abstract

A mode of transportation, a device, and a method for informing a user on approaching a destination which includes predefining the destination for the user requesting an identification of a person present at the destination, comparing the identification with associated person-related data and, in response to the result of the comparison, outputting a note to the user with respect to the person.

Claims

1. A method for informing a user of a transportation vehicle that the transportation vehicle is approaching a destination and a notification regarding one or more persons present at the approached destination, the method comprising:

predefining the destination for the user based on the approached destination, wherein the destination has been input into a navigation system of the transportation vehicle;

monitoring a period of time up to an expected arrival at the approached destination;

automatically requesting identification of one or more persons present at the approached destination in response to the period of time up to the expected arrival at the approached destination being below a threshold level;

receiving the identification of the one or more persons present at the approached destination;

comparing the received identification with associated, stored, person-related data to generate social interaction recommendation data;

checking a current distance between the user and the approached destination; and

outputting a notification to the user with respect to the one or more persons located at the approached destination in response to the result of the comparison once the current distance to the approached destination is below a threshold level, wherein the notification includes at least person-related data for the identified one or more persons at the approached destination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the person-related data are stored on a data memory, and/or in an Internet-based platform-based, personal profile of a social network, and/or in a database for persons who have become delinquent.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification takes place by a camera, and/or an electronic identification, and/or a microphone, and/or a fingerprint sensor.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising checking whether the one or more persons have stayed at the destination for a minimum period.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefining the destination comprises automatic or user-supported defining of a destination address using the navigation system included in the transportation vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting a notification regarding information associated with the person-related data to the user, via the navigation system of the transportation vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing an Internet presence comprising additional person-related data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting the generated social interaction recommendation data which includes a recommendation for action to the user based on the person-related data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a notification with respect to the person-related data from the transportation vehicle to a monitoring institution.

10. A device for informing a user of a transportation vehicle that the transportation vehicle is approaching a destination and a notification regarding one or more persons present at the approached destination, the device comprising:

a destination store;

a wireless transmitting/receiving device;

an evaluating unit; and

an output device,

wherein the destination store receives a definition of the destination, wherein the destination has been input into a navigations system of the transportation vehicle,

wherein the evaluating unit monitors a period of time up to an expected arrival at the approached destination,

wherein the wireless transmitting/receiving device automatically requests, based on the definition of the destination, identification of one or more persons present at the approached destination in response to the period of time up to the expected arrival at the approached destination being below a threshold level,

wherein the wireless transmitting/receiving device receives the identification of the one or more persons present at the approached destination,

wherein the evaluating unit compares the identification with associated, stored, person-related data to generate social interaction recommendation data,

wherein the evaluating unit checks a current distance between the user and the approached destination, and

wherein the output device outputs, in response to the result of the comparison, a notification to the user with respect to the one or more persons once the current distance to the approached destination is below a threshold level, wherein the notification includes at least person-related data for the identified one or more persons at the approached destination.

11. A non-transitory computer program product comprising instructions or instructions representing a signal sequence which, when they are executed on a device, cause the device to perform a method comprising:

predefining the destination for the user based on the approached destination, wherein the destination has been input into a navigation system of the transportation vehicle;

monitoring a period of time up to an expected arrival at the approached destination;

automatically requesting identification of one or more persons present at the approached destination in response to the period of time up to the expected arrival at the approached destination being below a threshold level;

receiving the identification of the one or more persons present at the approached destination;

comparing the received identification with associated, stored, person-related data to generate social interaction recommendation data;

checking a current distance between the user and the approached destination; and

outputting a notification to the user with respect to the one or more persons located at the approached destination in response to the result of the comparison once the current distance to the approached destination is below a threshold level, wherein the notification includes at least person-related data for the identified one or more persons at the approached destination.

12. A transportation vehicle comprising a device for informing a user of the transportation vehicle that the transportation vehicle is approaching a destination an a notification regarding one or more persons present at the approached destination, the device comprising:

a destination store;

a wireless transmitting/receiving device;

an evaluating unit; and

an output device,

wherein the destination store receives a definition of the destination, wherein the destination has been input into a navigations system of the transportation vehicle,

wherein the evaluating unit monitors a period of time up to an expected arrival at the approached destination,

wherein the wireless transmitting/receiving device automatically requests, based on the definition of the destination, identification of one or more persons present at the approached destination in response to the period of time up to the expected arrival at the approached destination being below a threshold level,

wherein the wireless transmitting/receiving device receives the identification of the one or more persons present at the approached destination,

wherein the evaluating unit compares the identification with associated, stored, person-related data to generate social interaction recommendation data,

wherein the evaluating unit checks a current distance between the user and the approached destination, and

wherein the output device outputs, in response to the result of the comparison, a notification to the user with respect to the one or more persons once the current distance to the approached destination is below a threshold level, wherein the notification includes at least person-related data for the identified one or more persons at the approached destination.