Providing an alert to a passenger based on a location of the passenger while in transit on a multi-passenger mode of transport

• US 10,449,980 B1
• Filed: 05/02/2018
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sivaswamy, Hemant K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tun, Nay
• Application Number:
  US15/968,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20190337540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 538 Days
• Field of Search: 3406866
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1174 using footprinting
• CPC Class Codes: B61K 13/00 Other auxiliaries or accessories for railways safety belts or harnesses A62B35/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/08 for incorporation in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/50 having additional measuring devices, e.g. for height
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/59 inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources

Abstract

Providing an alert to a user of a multi-passenger mode of transport includes receiving first biometric information about the user and a destination for the user; receiving second biometric information about the user; based on the second biometric information, determining the destination for the user; based at least in part on the destination for the user, determining a first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport; and transmitting a first command to control a first display device proximate to the user, based on the first location.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, first biometric information about a user of a multi-passenger mode of transport and a destination for the user;

receiving, by the processor, second biometric information about the user;

based on the second biometric information, determining, by the processor, the destination for the user;

based at least in part on the destination for the user, determining, by the processor, a first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport; and

transmitting, by the processor, a first command to control a first display device proximate to the user, based on the first location.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

based at least in part on a physical location within the multi-passenger mode of transport where the second biometric information is collected, determining, by the processor, the first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the destination for the user comprises:

determining, by the processor that the first biometric data and second biometric data match.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first biometric data comprises one or more of a footprint and a weight.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second biometric data comprises one or more of a footprint and a weight.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating, by the processor, a distance from an access point of the multi-passenger mode of transport; and

based at least in part on the distance from the access point, determining, by the processor, the first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first location comprises one of a plurality of adjacent zones within the multi-passenger mode of transport, each of the plurality of zones being a different, respective distance from an access point of the multi-passenger mode of transport.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first location comprises one of a plurality of tiles within the multi-passenger mode of transport, each of the plurality of tiles being a different, respective distance from an access point of the multi-passenger mode of transport.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the processor, an indication that the multi-passenger mode of transport is closer to the destination than when the second biometric information was collected;

based at least in part on a current geographical location of the multi-passenger mode of transport, determining, by the processor, a second location within the multi-passenger mode of transport; and

transmitting, by the processor, the second location to a second display device proximate to the user.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the second location is closer than the first location to an access point of the multi-passenger mode of transport.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising;

receiving first biometric information about a user of a multi-passenger mode of transport and a destination for the user;

receiving second biometric information about the user;

based on the second biometric information, determining the destination for the user;

based at least in part on the destination for the user, determining a first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport; and

transmitting a first command to control a first display device proximate to the user, based on the first location.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to initiate executable operations further comprising:

based at least in part on a physical location within the multi-passenger mode of transport where the second biometric information is collected, determining, by the processor, the first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to initiate executable operations further comprising:

determining that the first biometric data and second biometric data match.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the first biometric data comprises one or more of a footprint and a weight.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the second biometric data comprises one or more of a footprint and a weight.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to initiate executable operations further comprising:

calculating a distance from an access point of the multi-passenger mode of transport; and

based at least in part on the distance from the access point, determining the first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the first location comprises one of a plurality of adjacent zones within the multi-passenger mode of transport, each of the plurality of zones being a different, respective distance from an access point of the multi-passenger mode of transport.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the first location comprises one of a plurality of tiles within the multi-passenger mode of transport, each of the plurality of tiles being a different, respective distance from an access point of the multi-passenger mode of transport.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to initiate executable operations further comprising:

receiving an indication that the multi-passenger mode of transport is closer to the destination than when the second biometric information was collected;

based at least in part on a current geographical location of the multi-passenger mode of transport, determining a second location within the multi-passenger mode of transport; and

transmitting the second location to a second display device proximate to the user.

20. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a data processing system to initiate operations including;

receiving, by the data processing system, first biometric information about a user of a multi-passenger mode of transport and a destination for the user;

receiving, by the data processing system, second biometric information about the user;

based on the second biometric information, determining, by the data processing system, the destination for the user;

based at least in part on the destination for the user, determining, by the data processing system, a first location within the multi-passenger mode of transport; and

transmitting, by the data processing system, a first command to control a first display device proximate to the user, based on the first location.