Systems and methods for monitoring on-route transportations

• US 10,431,071 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2018
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Beibei, He, Xu, Tang, Chao, Wu, Zhaoxue
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tai T
• Application Number:
  US16/147,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20190035258A1
• Time in Patent Office: 366 Days
• Field of Search: 340988, 340994, 340995, 34093669
• 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: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09685 where the complete route is computed only once and not updated
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 : for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 : Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for monitoring on route transportations. The method includes obtaining a driving route of a target vehicle; obtaining a reference position on the driving route away from a first current position of the target vehicle; determining a second current position of the target vehicle after a reference time; determining a distance between the second current position and the reference position is greater than a preset distance; and sending a signal to a target terminal indicating that the target vehicle is off-route.

Claims

1. An on-route transportations monitoring system for sending an emergency alert to a target terminal, comprising:

one or more network ports to communicate with user terminals registered with an online transportation service platform;

logic circuits coupled to the one or more network ports, wherein during operation the logic circuits;

initiate a transportation transaction between a first party and a second party through the online transportation service platform, the first party accessing the online transportation service platform via a first user terminal, the second party accessing the online transportation service platform via a second user terminal, the transportation transaction involving transporting the first party from a departure position to a destination;

send first signals to the first user terminal to generate a first presentation including registration information of the second party;

determine an occurrence of a predefined emergency when transporting the first party from the departure position to the destination;

direct the first user terminal to display a user interface including an alert button, wherein the alert button is configured to cause the first user terminal to send emergency information when the alert button is activated;

receive the emergency information from the first user terminal; and

send second signals including the emergency information to a target terminal, the emergency information including a location of the occurrence of the predefined emergency and the registration information of the second party.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein to determine the occurrence of the predefined emergency, the logic circuits:

receive an emergency confirmation signal from the first user terminal; and

determine the occurrence of the predefined emergency based on the emergency confirmation signal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein to determine the occurrence of the predefined emergency, the logic circuits:

detect an abnormality associated with the transportation transaction;

send a notification to remind the first party of the abnormality; and

determine the occurrence of the predefined emergency based on a response from the first party to the notification from the first user terminal.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the second user terminal is associated with a target vehicle and the abnormality involves the target vehicle being off-route, which involves:

(a) a distance between a current position of the target vehicle and a reference position being greater than a threshold distance, or

(b) the target vehicle not arriving at the reference position after a reference time.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the target terminal is associated with a preset contact of the first party.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the target terminal is associated with a public security bureau data center or a police station.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the target terminal is associated with a data center associated with the online transportation service platform.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein to send the second signals including the emergency information to the target terminal, the logic circuits further:

send the second signals to the target terminal to generate a second presentation including the emergency information, the second signals being in a form of message, call, or command.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein

the second user terminal is a mobile device associated with a driver of a vehicle,

the first user terminal is a mobile device associated with a passenger of the vehicle;

and

the registration information of the second party includes at least one of registered identification information of the vehicle, driver identity information of the vehicle, or a registration image of the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the logic circuits further:

send a reminder to the first user terminal to remind the first party to verify whether actual identification information of the vehicle is consistent with the registered identification information, or whether actual identity information of the driver is consistent with the driver.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic circuits further:

obtain, from the first party, an identification information of a safe mode indicating that the first party has accessed the safe mode; and

inform the second party that the first party has accessed the safe mode upon obtaining the identification information of the safe mode.

12. An on-route transportations monitoring method for sending an emergency alert to a target terminal, comprising:

initiating, by at least one electronic device of an online transportation service platform, a transportation transaction between a first party and a second party through the online transportation service platform, the first party accessing the online transportation service platform via a first user terminal, the second party accessing the online transportation service platform via a second user terminal, the transportation transaction involving transporting the first party from a departure position to a destination;

sending, by the at least one electronic device, first signals to the first user terminal to generate a first presentation including registration information of the second party;

determining, by the at least one electronic device, an occurrence of a predefined emergency when transporting the first party from the departure position to the destination;

directing, by the at least one electronic device, the first user terminal to display a user interface including an alert button, wherein the alert button is configured to cause the first user terminal to send emergency information when the alert button is activated;

receiving, by the at least one electronic device, the emergency information from the first user terminal; and

sending, by the at least one electronic device, second signals including the emergency information to a target terminal, the emergency information including a location of the occurrence of the predefined emergency and the registration information of the second party.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the occurrence of the predefined emergency includes:

receiving, by the at least one electronic device, an emergency confirmation signal from the first user terminal; and

determining, by the at least one electronic device, the occurrence of the predefined emergency based on the emergency confirmation signal.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining the occurrence of the predefined emergency includes:

detecting, by the at least one electronic device, an abnormality associated with the transportation transaction;

sending, by the at least one electronic device, a notification to remind the first party of the abnormality; and

determining, by the at least one electronic device, the occurrence of the predefined emergency based on a response from the first party to the notification from the first user terminal.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second user terminal is associated with a target vehicle and the abnormality involves the target vehicle being off-route, which involves:

(a) a distance between a current position of the target vehicle and a reference position being greater than a threshold distance, or

(b) the target vehicle not arriving at the reference position after a reference time.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the target terminal is associated with a preset contact of the first party.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the target terminal is associated with a public security bureau data center or a police station.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the target terminal is associated with a data center associated with the online transportation service platform.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the sending the second signals including the emergency information to the target terminal includes:

sending, by the at least one electronic device, the second signals to the target terminal to generate a second presentation including the emergency information, the second signals being in a form of message, call, or command.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein

the second user terminal is a mobile device associated with a driver of a vehicle,

the first user terminal is a mobile device associated with a passenger of the vehicle;

and

the registration information of the second party includes at least one of registered identification information of the vehicle, driver identity information of the vehicle, or a registration image of the vehicle.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the method further includes:

sending, by the at least one electronic device, a reminder to the first user terminal to remind the first party to verify whether actual identification information of the vehicle is consistent with the registered identification information, or whether actual identity information of the driver is consistent with the driver.

22. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further includes:

obtaining, by the at least one electronic device, from the first party, an identification information of a safe mode indicating that the first party has accessed the safe mode; and

informing, by the at least one electronic device, the second party that the first party has accessed the safe mode upon obtaining the identification information of the safe mode.

23. An on-route transportations monitoring system for sending an emergency alert to a target terminal, comprising:

one or more network ports to communicate with user terminals registered with an online transportation service platform;

logic circuits coupled to the one or more network ports, wherein during operation the logic circuits;

initiate a transportation transaction between a passenger and a driver through the online transportation service platform, the passenger accessing the online transportation service platform via a first user terminal associated with the passenger, the driver accessing the online transportation service platform via a second user terminal associated with the driver, the transportation transaction involving transporting the first party from a departure position to a destination;

send first signals to the first user terminal to generate a first presentation including registration information of the driver;

receive an emergency confirmation signal from the first user terminal when transporting the first party from the departure position to the destination;

determine an occurrence of a predefined emergency based on the emergency confirmation signal;

direct the first user terminal to display a user interface including an alert button, wherein the alert button is configured to cause the first user terminal to send emergency information when the alert button is activated;

receive the emergency information from the first user terminal; and

send second signals including the emergency information to a target terminal, the emergency information including a location of the occurrence of the predefined emergency and registration information of a vehicle associated with the driver.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein to determine the occurrence of the predefined emergency, the logic circuits:

detect an abnormality associated with the transportation transaction;

send a notification to remind the passenger of the abnormality; and

determine the occurrence of the predefined emergency based on a response from the passenger to the notification from the first user terminal.

25. An on-route transportations monitoring method for sending an emergency alert to a target terminal, comprising:

initiating, by at least one electronic device of an online transportation service platform, a transportation transaction between a passenger and a driver through the online transportation service platform, the passenger accessing the online transportation service platform via a first user terminal, the driver accessing the online transportation service platform via a second user terminal, the transportation transaction involving transporting the first party from a departure position to a destination;

sending, by the at least one electronic device, first signals to the first user terminal to generate a first presentation including registration information of the driver;

receiving, by the at least one electronic device, an emergency confirmation signal from the first user terminal when transporting the first party from the departure position to the destination;

determining, by the at least one electronic device, an occurrence of a predefined emergency based on the emergency confirmation signal;

directing, by the at least one electronic device, the first user terminal to display a user interface including an alert button, wherein the alert button is configured to cause the first user terminal to send emergency information when the alert button is activated;

receiving, by the at least one electronic device, the emergency information from the first user terminal; and

sending, by the at least one electronic device, second signals including the emergency information to a target terminal, the emergency information including a location of the occurrence of the predefined emergency and registration information of a vehicle associated with the driver.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the determining the occurrence of the predefined emergency includes:

detecting, by the at least one electronic device, an abnormality associated with the transportation transaction;

sending, by the at least one electronic device, a notification to remind the passenger of the abnormality; and

determining, by the at least one electronic device, the occurrence of the predefined emergency based on a response from the passenger to the notification from the first user terminal.