Systems and methods for generating and validating incentives based on multi-person vehicle occupancy
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computer processors associated with a vehicle, sensor data from one or more sensors;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, that a vehicle occupancy determination condition is satisfied, based on a speed of the vehicle being below a first predetermined threshold;
determining, by the one or more computer processors and based at least in part on the sensor data, a first metric indicative of a likelihood of a first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second metric indicative of a likelihood of a second potential number of occupants of the vehicle, wherein the first metric is less than a second predetermined threshold, and the second metric is less than the second predetermined threshold;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, that the first metric is greater than the second metric;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, that a vehicle occupancy of the vehicle corresponds to the first potential number of occupants based at least in part on the determining that the first metric is greater than the second metric; and
causing to send, by the one or more computer processors, vehicle occupancy information indicative of the vehicle occupancy, and time information indicative of a percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of one or more types of infrastructure, via a reprogrammable electronic tolling tag associated with the one or more computer processors, to an interrogator associated with a tolling infrastructure responsive to an interrogation signal received from the interrogator, wherein;
one or more incentives are identified based at least in part;
on the vehicle occupancy information, andthe time information indicative of the percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of the one or more types of infrastructure, andthe reprogrammable electronic tolling tag receives the sensor data from the one or more sensors via the one or more computer processors.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for determining a number of vehicle occupants based at least in part on sensor data gathered by one or more in-vehicle sensors are disclosed. The number of vehicle occupants may be determined, at least in part, by an in-vehicle system associated with the vehicle. Vehicle occupancy information indicative of the number of vehicle occupants may be transmitted to facilitate identification of one or more incentives based at least in part on the vehicle occupancy information. The incentive(s) may include a reduction in a fee associated with operation of the vehicle such as a discounted toll amount, an elimination of a fee, an incentive payment, a discount associated with a product or service offering, and so forth. A tolling system ma be provided for receiving the vehicle occupancy information and determining a toll amount based at least in part on the received information.
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33 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by one or more computer processors associated with a vehicle, sensor data from one or more sensors; determining, by the one or more computer processors, that a vehicle occupancy determination condition is satisfied, based on a speed of the vehicle being below a first predetermined threshold; determining, by the one or more computer processors and based at least in part on the sensor data, a first metric indicative of a likelihood of a first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second metric indicative of a likelihood of a second potential number of occupants of the vehicle, wherein the first metric is less than a second predetermined threshold, and the second metric is less than the second predetermined threshold; determining, by the one or more computer processors, that the first metric is greater than the second metric; determining, by the one or more computer processors, that a vehicle occupancy of the vehicle corresponds to the first potential number of occupants based at least in part on the determining that the first metric is greater than the second metric; and causing to send, by the one or more computer processors, vehicle occupancy information indicative of the vehicle occupancy, and time information indicative of a percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of one or more types of infrastructure, via a reprogrammable electronic tolling tag associated with the one or more computer processors, to an interrogator associated with a tolling infrastructure responsive to an interrogation signal received from the interrogator, wherein; one or more incentives are identified based at least in part; on the vehicle occupancy information, and the time information indicative of the percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of the one or more types of infrastructure, and the reprogrammable electronic tolling tag receives the sensor data from the one or more sensors via the one or more computer processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that responsive to execution by one or more computer processors, configure the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, by the one or more computer processors, sensor data from one or more sensors; determining, by the one or more computer processors, that a vehicle occupancy determination condition is satisfied, based on a speed of a vehicle being below a first predetermined threshold; determining, by the one or more computer processors and based at least in part on the sensor data, a first metric indicative of a likelihood of a first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second metric indicative of a likelihood of a second potential number of occupants of the vehicle, wherein the first metric is less than a second predetermined threshold, and the second metric is less than the second predetermined threshold; determining, by the one or more computer processors, that the first metric is greater than the second metric; determining, by the one or more computer processors, that a vehicle occupancy of the vehicle corresponds to the first potential number of occupants based at least in part on the determining that the first metric is greater than the second metric; and causing to send, by the one or more computer processors, vehicle occupancy information indicative of the vehicle occupancy, and time information indicative of a percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of one or more types of infrastructure, via a reprogrammable electronic tolling tag associated with the one or more computer processors, to a tolling infrastructure for assessment of a toll amount based at least in part on the vehicle occupancy information, wherein the reprogrammable electronic tolling tag receives the sensor data from the one or more sensors via the one or more computer processors. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system associated with a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor is configured to access the at least one memory and to execute the computer-executable instructions to; receive sensor data from one or more sensing devices; determine that a vehicle occupancy determination condition is satisfied, based on a speed of the vehicle being below a first predetermined threshold; determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, a first metric indicative of a likelihood of a first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second metric indicative of a likelihood of a second potential number of occupants of the vehicle, wherein the first metric is less than a second predetermined threshold, and the second metric is less than the second predetermined threshold; determine that the first metric is greater than the second metric; determine that a vehicle occupancy of the vehicle corresponds to the first potential number of vehicle occupants based at least in part on the determination that the first metric is greater than the second metric; and cause a reprogrammable electronic tolling tag, associated with the vehicle, to send vehicle occupancy information indicative of the vehicle occupancy, and time information indicative of a percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of one or more types of infrastructure, to an interrogator associated with a tolling infrastructure, responsive to an interrogation signal received from the interrogator, wherein; one or more incentives are identified based at least in part; on the vehicle occupancy information, and the time information indicative of the percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of the one or more types of infrastructure, and the reprogrammable electronic tolling tag receives the sensor data from the one or more sensing devices via the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a tolling system comprising one or more computers, speed information associated with a vehicle, and vehicle occupancy information indicative of; a first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second potential number of occupants of the vehicle, wherein the first potential number of occupants and the second potential number of occupants are determined from sensor data generated by one or more sensors associated with the vehicle, and wherein a first metric indicative of a likelihood of the first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second metric indicative of a likelihood of the second potential number of occupants of the vehicle are each less than a first predetermined threshold, and time information indicative of a percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of one or more types of infrastructure; determining, by the tolling system, that a vehicle occupancy determination condition is satisfied, based on the speed information associated with the vehicle being below a second predetermined threshold; determining, by the tolling system, a vehicle occupancy for the vehicle based at least in part on the sensor data generated by the one or more sensors external to the vehicle; determining, by the tolling system, a toll amount based at least in part on the vehicle occupancy information; assessing, by the tolling system, the toll amount to a tolling account associated with the vehicle; and causing to send, by the tolling system, the vehicle occupancy information to one or more remote server computers. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that responsive to execution by at least one processor configure the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving speed information associated with a vehicle, vehicle occupancy information indicative of; a first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second potential number of occupants of the vehicle, wherein the first potential number of occupants and the second potential number of occupants are determined from sensor data generated by one or more sensors associated with the vehicle, and wherein a first metric indicative of a likelihood of the first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second metric indicative of a likelihood of the second potential number of occupants of the vehicle are each less than a first predetermined threshold, and time information indicative of a percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of one or more types of infrastructure; determining that a vehicle occupancy determination condition is satisfied, based on the speed information associated with the vehicle being below a second predetermined threshold; determining a vehicle occupancy based at least in part on; sensor data generated by one or more sensors external to the vehicle, and a speed of the vehicle being below the second predetermined threshold; determining a toll amount based at least in part on the vehicle occupancy information; and causing to send, by the at least one processor to one or more computers, the vehicle occupancy information. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A system, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor is configured to access the at least one memory and to execute the computer-executable instructions to; receive speed information associated with a vehicle, vehicle occupancy information indicative of; a first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second potential number of occupants of the vehicle, wherein the first potential number of occupants and the second potential number of occupants are determined from sensor data generated by one or more sensors associated with the vehicle, and wherein a first metric indicative of a likelihood of the first potential number of occupants of the vehicle and a second metric indicative of a likelihood of the second potential number of occupants of the vehicle are each less than a first predetermined threshold, and time information indicative of a percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of one or more types of infrastructure; determine that a vehicle occupancy determination condition is satisfied, based on the speed information associated with the vehicle being below a second predetermined threshold; determine a vehicle occupancy based at least in part on sensor data generated by one or more sensors external to the vehicle; identify one or more incentives based at least in part on; the vehicle occupancy, and the time information indicative of the percentage of time the vehicle spends on each of the one or more types of infrastructure, and cause to send, to one or more computers, the vehicle occupancy information. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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