Vehicle request using wearable earpiece

• US 20180040093A1
• Filed: 08/02/2017
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Boesen, Peter Vincent
• Application Number:
  US15/666,957
• Publication Number:
  US 20180040093A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/166 Mechanical, construction or arrangement details of inertial navigation systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0088 characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours using knowledge based models G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0645 Rental transactions; Leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1091 Details not provided for in groups H04R1/1008 - H04R1/1083
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/13 Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a control system and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the control system. The control system is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wearable device worn by a user using the wireless transceiver and the control system is configured to receive input from one or more sensors of the wearable device. A method includes receiving at an earpiece a request for a vehicle from a user, verifying identity of the user by the earpiece, and communicating the request to a vehicle or vehicle operator.

Claims

1. A method comprising steps of:

receiving at an earpiece a request for a vehicle from a user;

verifying identity of the user, the verifying performed by the earpiece;

communicating over a network the request to a vehicle or vehicle operator;

wherein the earpiece comprises an earpiece housing, an intelligent control system disposed within the earpiece;

a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece and operatively connected to the intelligent control system, at least one speaker operatively connected to the intelligent control system, and at least one microphone operatively connected to the intelligent control system.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the request for the vehicle is a request to rent a vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the request for the vehicle is a request to be picked up by the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the verifying the identity is performed using biometric data collected using one or more sensors of the earpiece.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the biometric data includes biometric data sensed with a heart rate sensor of the earpiece.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the biometric data includes heart rate variability.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the biometric data includes biometric data sensed with a pulse oximeter of the earpiece.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing turn-by-turn directions to the user through the earpiece.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving the request is receiving a voice request.

11. A method comprising:

detecting at an earpiece, a voice request from a user of the earpiece for access to a vehicle, the earpiece comprising an ear piece housing, at least one microphone, and at least one speaker, an intelligent control system disposed within the ear piece housing and operatively connected to the at least one microphone and the at least on speaker, and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control system;

verifying an identity of the user, wherein the verifying the identify is performed by the earpiece using the intelligent control system;

sending a request from the earpiece over a network, the request including the identity of the user and a user location;

receiving over the network a location associated with the vehicle;

providing audio prompts through the earpiece to direct the user along a path to the location associated with the vehicle from the user location.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle and wherein the location associated with the vehicle is a rendezvous location between the user and the autonomous vehicle.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the vehicle is a ride share vehicle and wherein the location associated with the vehicle is a rendezvous location between the user and the ride share vehicle.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the vehicle is a rental vehicle and wherein the location associated with the vehicle is a rendezvous location between the user and the rental vehicle.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the vehicle is a taxi and wherein the location associated with the vehicle is a rendezvous location between the user and the taxi.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the location is a rendezvous location between the user and the autonomous vehicle, the rendezvous location being different from a current location of the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the path is at least partially within a building and wherein the earpiece further comprises at least one inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the intelligent control system.