Vehicle use and performance restrictions based on detected users

• US 10,179,591 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2017
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Todasco, Michael Charles, Driscoll, Dennis Michael, Cattone, Jeremy Leigh, Menipaz, Amit Reuven
• Primary Examiner(s): Kan, Yuri
• Application Number:
  US15/451,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20170291614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 701 48, 705 13, 340 552, 3409322
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/22 Motor vehicles operators, e.g. drivers, pilots, captains
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6893 Cars
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/02 responsive to conditions relating to the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/241 whereby access privileges are related to the identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0809 Driver authorisation; Driver identity check
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0881 Seat occupation; Driver or passenger presence
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0014 Adaptive controllers
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/043 Identity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/08 related to drivers or passengers
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/00 Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit , e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/082 Selecting or switching between different modes of propelling
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/12 Limiting control by the driver depending on vehicle state, e.g. interlocking means for the control input for preventing unsafe operation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 : specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 : using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 : using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 : using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 : for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 : for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

There are provided systems and methods for vehicle use and performance restrictions based on detected users. A user may check-in to a vehicle so that the vehicle identifies the user, such as through providing identification to the vehicle using biometrics, logins, or other information. Using the identification, the vehicle may determine parameters and restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user. Parameters may include information about the user, such as age, health, or other statistic stored with the identification for the user, and may be utilized to determine restrictions on use of the vehicle by the user, such as a speed of the vehicle and passengers allowed in the vehicle. Restrictions may also be set for the user, including speeds of travel, routes of travel, and usage of media players in the vehicle. The usage of the vehicle may be monitored and enforced using the restrictions.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

detecting that a first computing device is within a threshold distance of a vehicle using short range wireless communications with the first computing device;

in response to detecting that the first computing device is within the threshold distance of the vehicle, determining whether one or more vehicle use restrictions are associated with the first computing device;

in response to determining that the one or more vehicle use restrictions are associated with the first computing device, applying the one or more vehicle use restrictions to an onboard computing device of the vehicle;

detecting a use of the onboard computing device of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle;

in response to determining that a second computing device associated with the vehicle is outside of the threshold distance for the short range wireless communications, communicating a notification of the use to the second computing device over a network connection with the second computing device;

receiving a change to the one or more vehicle use restrictions from the second computing device over the network connection during the operation of the vehicle; and

applying, by the system, the change on the one or more vehicle use restrictions with the onboard computing device during the operation of the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein applying the one or more vehicle use restrictions comprises displaying the one or more vehicle use restrictions on a display of the onboard computing device.

3. The system of claim 1, where the operations further comprise:

monitoring the use of the onboard computing device over an amount of time of the use; and

transmitting information describing the use over the amount of time to the second computing device, wherein the second computing device is associated with an owner of the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting an attempted operation of the vehicle,

wherein the detecting that the first computing device is within the threshold distance is executed in response to the attempted operation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to detecting the second computing device is within the threshold distance of the vehicle, discontinuing the applying of the one of the one or more vehicle use restrictions on the vehicle.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the applying the one or more vehicle use restrictions to the vehicle includes shutting down at least one function of the onboard computing device of the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more vehicle use restrictions on the onboard computing device during the operation of the vehicle are associated with one or more of a speed of the vehicle, an age of a user within the vehicle, a travel distance, a time of travel, a number of passengers in the vehicle, or toll payment associated with the vehicle.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether the one or more vehicle use restrictions are satisfied during the use,

wherein the notification is communicated to the second computing device in response to determining that the one or more vehicle use restrictions have not been satisfied.

8. A method comprising:

detecting that a first computing device is within a threshold distance of a vehicle using short range wireless communications with the first computing device;

in response to detecting that the first computing device is within the threshold distance of the vehicle, determining whether one or more vehicle use restrictions are associated with the first computing device;

applying the one or more vehicle use restrictions to an onboard computing device of the vehicle;

in response to detecting a usage of the onboard computing device during operation of the vehicle, determining one or more characteristics of a user of the first computing device utilizing the vehicle;

in response to determining that a second computing device associated with the vehicle is outside of the threshold distance for the short range wireless communications, communicating the one or more characteristics to the second computing device over a network connection with the second computing device;

receiving a modification of the one or more vehicle use restrictions over the network connection during the operation of the vehicle; and

adjusting the one or more vehicle use restrictions with the onboard computing device based on the modification.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more characteristics of the user comprise one or more of an age, a weight, a health status, or a height.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to determining the usage of the onboard computing device does not satisfy the one or more vehicle use restrictions, transmitting information describing the usage to the second computing device associated with an owner of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more vehicle use restrictions are associated with a speed of the vehicle during operation or an age of the user of the first computing device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the applying the one or more vehicle use restrictions to the vehicle includes shutting down the onboard computing device of the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to determining the one or more vehicle use restrictions, transmitting an alert to the second computing device associated with an owner of the vehicle.

20. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether the one or more vehicle use restrictions are satisfied based on the one or more characteristics,

wherein the one or more characteristics are further communicated to the second computing device based on the determining whether the one or more vehicle use restrictions are satisfied.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having store thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

detecting that a user is attempting to utilize a vehicle;

detecting that a first computing device is within a threshold distance of a vehicle using short range wireless communications with the first computing device

in response to detecting that the user is attempting to utilize the vehicle and the first computing device is within the threshold distance, determining whether one or more vehicle use restrictions are associated with an onboard computing device of the vehicle;

applying the one or more vehicle use restrictions to the onboard computing device;

in response to detecting a use of the onboard computing device, determining that a second computing device associated with an owner of the vehicle is outside of the threshold distance for the short range wireless communications;

determining a new authorization or a new restriction on the use of the vehicle based on a communication from the second computing device; and

adjusting the one or more vehicle use restrictions with the onboard computing device based on the new authorization or the new restriction.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the detecting that the user is attempting to utilize the vehicle further comprises utilizing one or more sensors of the vehicle to gather detection information, and analyzing the detection information.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more of a door sensor, a weight sensor, a pressure sensor, a key detection sensor, a biometric scanner, a camera, a microphone, or a proximity sensor.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the detecting that the user is attempting to utilize the vehicle further comprises:

determining that the vehicle has been turned on.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the applying the one or more vehicle use restrictions includes shutting down the onboard computing device of the vehicle.