CUSTOM NAVIGATIONAL DATA BASED ON USER RECOGNITION

• US 20160341567A1
• Filed: 05/19/2015
• Published: 11/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Delaruelle, Aurelien Pierre Christian
• Granted Patent: US 9,823,088 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0224 Non-manual adjustments, e.g. with electrical operation
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0248 with memory of positions
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0273 taking into account user data, e.g. knee height or physical state
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2220/10 using a database
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2230/20 Wireless data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/59 inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions

Abstract

An image of a vehicle user is captured. The image is compared to a corresponding account image in a preset profile. It is determined whether the image matches the corresponding account image. A destination is selected based on the user profile. A traffic report is generated based on the destination.

Claims

1. A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to:

capture an image of a user of a vehicle with a camera mountable to the vehicle;

retrieve a user profile based at least in part on the image;

select a predicted destination based on the user profile;

obtain traffic data based on the destination; and

send a notification to at least one user device associated with saved contact information in all user profiles if the image does not correspond to any user profile.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further include instructions to generate a route to the destination based at least in part on the traffic data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the route is determined to reduce at distance traveled and travel time.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the route is determined to allow the vehicle to maintain a substantially constant speed.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user profile includes a plurality of pre-stored destinations.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the predicted destination is chosen from the plurality of destinations based at least in part on a current time.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further include instructions to generating a weather report and presenting the weather report on the display.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further include instructions to send the image to a social media website.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further include instructions to generate a traffic report and present the traffic report to the user on a display.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further include instructions to send the notification to all user devices associated with the saved contact information in all of the user profiles if the image does not correspond to any one of the user profiles.

9. (canceled)

11. A method, comprising:

capturing an image of a user of a vehicle with a camera mountable to the vehicle;

determining whether the image matches a corresponding account image in a preset profile;

selecting a destination based on the user profile;

obtaining traffic data based on the destination; and

sending a notification to at least one user device associated with saved contact information in all user profiles if the image does not correspond to any user profile.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating a route to the destination based at least in part on the traffic data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the route is determined to reduce at least one of distance traveled and travel time.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the route is determined to allow the vehicle to maintain a substantially constant speed.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the user profile includes a plurality of destinations.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the destination is chosen from the plurality of destinations at least in part on a current time.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating a weather report and presenting the weather report on a display.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending the image to a social media website.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating a traffic report and presenting the traffic report to the user on a display.

22. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending the notification to a 1 user devices associated with the saved contact information in all of the user profiles if the image does not correspond to any one of the user profiles.

19. (canceled)