Transport parking space availability detection

• US 10,197,408 B1
• Filed: 01/04/2017
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Ledet, David Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Do, Truc M
• Application Number:
  US15/397,878
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 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 Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/365 Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0103 comprising holographic elements
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/0005 Adaptation of holography to specific applications holographic optical element G02B5/32; holographic scanner G02B26/106; recognition using holographic mask G06V10/88; holographic memories G11B7/0065, G11C13/042
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/08 Synthesising holograms, i.e. holograms synthesized from objects or objects from hologramsusing electric digital computers G06F; G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/2249 Holobject properties
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2001/0077 for optical manipulation, e.g. holographic optical tweezers [HOT]
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2210/30 3D object
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 3/00 Holographic processes or apparatus using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves for obtaining holograms; Processes or apparatus for obtaining an optical image from them G03H1/22 takes precedence; acoustic non-destructive testing using holographic methods G01N29/0663; seismology using acoustic vibrations G01V1/00; non-holographic methods for visualizing acoustic waves G10K15/00

Abstract

Navigation applications may utilize various different data sources to provide route information. In one example, a method of operation may include receiving at least one destination, determining a navigation route for a transport to navigate from a point of origin to the destination, applying user characteristic to the navigation route, determining an alternative navigation route with at least one intermediate destination based on the at least one user characteristic and the at least one destination, and providing the alternative navigation route to a user device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at least one destination;

determining a navigation route for a transport to navigate from a point of origin to the at least one destination;

applying at least one user characteristic and at least one user preference to the navigation route;

determining an alternative navigation route with at least one intermediate destination based on the at least one user characteristic, the at least one user preference and the at least one destination;

weighing a plurality of user characteristic including the at least one user characteristic, and applying the highest weighted user characteristic to the alternative navigation route determination, wherein a user may customize the determined weights by interaction with a GUI component of a user device; and

providing the alternative navigation route to the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a delta distance corresponding to the alternative navigation route; and

displaying the delta distance on the user device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying at least one event corresponding to the highest weighted characteristic; and

applying the at least one event to the alternative navigation route.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

retrieving a plurality of user characteristics;

identifying a plurality of user interests from the plurality of user characteristics;

comparing the plurality of user interests to identify a most frequent interest among the plurality of user interests; and

applying the most frequent interest as the highest weighted user characteristic.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the user characteristics are stored on at least one of the user device and a remote server device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the alternative navigation route comprises determining a plurality of alternative navigation routes;

and

creating a plurality of notifications to alert a user interface of the user device with the plurality of alternative navigation routes to a plurality of intermediate destinations; and

transmitting the plurality of notifications in an order consistent with a nearest location of a nearest intermediate destination.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive at least one destination;

a processor configured to determine a navigation route for a transport to navigate from a point of origin to the at least one destination,

apply at least one user characteristic and at least one user preference to the navigation route,

determine an alternative navigation route with at least one intermediate destination based on the at least one user characteristic, the at least one user preference and the at least one destination,

weigh a plurality of user characteristic including the at least one user characteristic, and apply the highest weighted user characteristic to the alternative navigation route determination, wherein a user may customize the determined weights by interaction with a GUI component of a user device, and

provide the alternative navigation route to a user device.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to

determine a delta distance corresponding to the alternative navigation route, and

display the delta distance on the user device.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to

identify at least one event corresponding to the highest weighted characteristic, and

apply the at least one event to the alternative navigation route.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to

retrieve a plurality of user characteristics,

identify a plurality of user interests from the plurality of user characteristics,

compare the plurality of user interests to identify a most frequent interest among the plurality of user interests, and

apply the most frequent interest as the highest weighted user characteristic.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the user characteristics are stored on at least one of the user device and a remote server device.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor determines the alternative navigation route by being further configured to determine a plurality of alternative navigation routes, and create a plurality of notifications to alert a user interface of the user device with the plurality of alternative navigation routes to a plurality of intermediate destinations, and the apparatus further comprises a transmitter configured to transmit the plurality of notifications in an order consistent with a nearest location of a nearest intermediate destination.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes the processor to perform:

receiving at least one destination;

determining a navigation route for a transport to navigate from a point of origin to the at least one destination;

applying at least one user characteristic and at least one user preference to the navigation route;

determining an alternative navigation route with at least one intermediate destination based on the at least one user characteristic, the at least one user preference and the at least one destination;

weighing a plurality of user characteristic including the at least one user characteristic, and applying the highest weighted user characteristic to the alternative navigation route determination, wherein a user may customize the determined weights by interaction with a GUI component of a user device; and

providing the alternative navigation route to a user device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

determining a delta distance corresponding to the alternative navigation route; and

displaying the delta distance on the user device.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

identifying at least one event corresponding to the highest weighted characteristic; and

applying the at least one event to the alternative navigation route.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

retrieving a plurality of user characteristics;

identifying a plurality of user interests from the plurality of user characteristics;

comparing the plurality of user interests to identify a most frequent interest among the plurality of user interests; and

applying the most frequent interest as the highest weighted user characteristic, and wherein the user characteristics are stored on at least one of the user device and a remote server device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein determining the alternative navigation route comprises determining a plurality of alternative navigation routes;

and wherein the processor is further configured to perform;

creating a plurality of notifications to alert a user interface of the user device with the plurality of alternative navigation routes to a plurality of intermediate destinations; and

transmitting the plurality of notifications in an order consistent with a nearest location of a nearest intermediate destination.