Intelligent vehicle navigator

• US 10,488,213 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2017
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tahoe Research Limited (f/k/a Learndale Limited) (Vector Capital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: R. Padmanaban, Jayashree
• Primary Examiner(s): Melton, Todd M
• Application Number:
  US15/499,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20180313656A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles

Abstract

Methods, systems, and storage media relating to a vehicle navigator system are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, vehicle operation data relating to one or more characteristics of operation of a motor vehicle may be received. An operation style by which an operator may operate the motor vehicle may be determined from the vehicle operation data. A vehicle location and a destination location may be received. A route may be determined from the vehicle location to the destination location according to the operation style by which an operator operates the motor vehicle. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Claims

1. An on-board vehicle navigator system, comprising

a controller disposed in a vehicle;

and

a location system disposed in the vehicle, and coupled with the controller;

wherein the controller is to;

receive from one or more sensors of the vehicle, sensor data associated with one or more characteristics of operation of an operator of the vehicle;

receive vehicle location information from the location system to indicate a location of the vehicle;

obtain a destination location; and

provide a route from the vehicle location to the destination location for the operator, selected from a plurality of routes of a plurality of route types, according to at least one of a plurality of operation styles by which the operator operates the vehicle, wherein the at least one of the plurality of operation styles by which the operator operates the vehicle is determined based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors, and wherein the plurality of route types of the plurality of routes are determined based at least in part on road attributes;

wherein the road attributes include at least opportunity for breaks on the roads.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is also to determine the at least one of the plurality of operation styles based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the controller is to determine the at least one of the plurality of operation styles by which the operator operates the vehicle, without an explicit input by the operator of the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the controller is further to associate the plurality of operation styles with the plurality of route types of the plurality of routes.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of route types includes one or more of a fuel-efficient route and a safe route.

6. The system of claim 2, further including a communication connection to communicate with a mobile communication device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the controller is further to provide over the communication connection the at least one of the plurality of operation styles by which an operator operates the vehicle to the mobile communication device to store remotely.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the controller is further to provide over the communication connection the route from the vehicle location to the destination location according to the at least one of the plurality of operation styles by which the operator operates the vehicle and the route types of the plurality of routes, to the mobile communication device to store remotely.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a motor vehicle having the one or more sensors.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the sensors are Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the road attributes further include whether roads of the routes are expressways, motorways, or divided roads, or what are speed limits of the roads.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor data used to determine the operation style of the operator include speed, engine RPM, or emission characteristics of the vehicle.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the sensor data used to determine the operation style of the operator further include seat belt connection status data, horn operation data, extent of shock absorber operation data, ignition status data, or frequency of hard braking data.

14. A method for on-board vehicle navigation, comprising:

receiving, by an on-board vehicle navigation system (OBVNS) of a vehicle, sensor data associated with one or more characteristics of operation of an operator of a vehicle;

receiving, by the OBVNS, vehicle location information to indicate a location of the vehicle;

obtaining, by the OBVNS, a destination location;

determining, by the OBVNS, an operation style of an operator of the vehicle based at least in part on the sensor data, and determining route types of a plurality of routes according to road attributes of routes; and

provide a route, selected from the plurality of routes, for the operator from the vehicle location to the destination location according to the operation style, and the route types of the plurality of routes;

wherein the plurality of route types of the plurality of routes are determined based at least in part on road attributes;

wherein the road attributes include at least opportunity for breaks on the roads.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining of the operation style and the determining of the route types are performed without an explicit input by the operator.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising providing the route to a mobile communication system to store remotely.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing the operation style by which the operator operates the vehicle to a mobile communication device to store remotely.

18. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions, in response to execution by an on-board vehicle navigator system disposed in a vehicle, to cause the on-board vehicle navigator system to:

receive sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle, the sensor data being associated with one or more characteristics of operation of an operator of the vehicle;

receive location information from a location system of the vehicle that indicates a location of the vehicle;

obtain an input of a destination location; and

provide a route for the operator from the vehicle location to the destination location, selected from a plurality of routes of a plurality of route types, according to the at least one of a plurality of operation styles by which the operator operates the vehicle, wherein the at least one of the plurality of operation styles by which the operator operates the vehicle is determined based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors, and wherein the plurality of route types of the plurality of routes are determined based at least in part on road attributes;

wherein the road attributes include at least opportunity for breaks on the roads.

19. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the on-board vehicle navigator system is further caused to determine the at least one of the plurality of operation styles based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors.

20. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the on-board vehicle navigator system is further caused to determine from the sensor data at least one of the plurality of operation styles by which the operator operates the vehicle without an explicit input by the operator to the system of the at least one of the plurality of operation styles.

21. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the on-board vehicle navigator system is further caused to associate the plurality of operation styles with a plurality of route types of the plurality of routes.

22. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the plurality of route types includes one or more of a fuel-efficient route and a safe route.

23. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the on-board vehicle navigator system is further caused to provide the at least one of the plurality of operation styles by which an operator operates the vehicle to a mobile communication device to store remotely.