Motorcycle organic gathering for route sharing

• US 9,726,508 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Clark, Dennis Patrick, Behrendt, Daniel, Murrish, Robert Wesley, Khanna, Rahul
• Primary Examiner(s): SOOFI, YAZAN A
• Application Number:
  US14/876,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20170097240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 701408
• 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: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/365 Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself

Abstract

An organic gathering system for route sharing is provided. The system includes a profile manager that determines settings associated with a first user that desires to pair with one or more other users during travel. An observation manager determines a group of users in a defined geographic area for pairing with the first user during at least a portion of the travel. The system also includes a navigation manager that provides instructions to the first user related to the pairing. The instructions include an action to be performed by the first user to pair with one or more of the other users.

Claims

1. An organic gathering system for route sharing, comprising:

a profile manager determining settings associated with a first vehicle based on user input data or observed data, for pairing with at least a second vehicle during travel, wherein the settings include at least one of driving habits, riding habits, route preferences, destination, skill level and vehicle style;

an observation manager determining a group of vehicles in a defined geographic area based upon the determined settings associated with the first vehicle, for pairing with the first vehicle during at least a portion of the travel, the group of vehicles includes at least the second vehicle;

a linking component pairing, via a scheme, the first vehicle with at least the second vehicle based on respective determined settings from the determined group of vehicles in the defined geographic area; and

a navigation manager providing instructions to the first vehicle and the at least second vehicle related to the pairing via at least one of a short-range communications wireless network, a long-range wireless communications network, or a wireless mobile network, the instructions include an action to be performed by the first vehicle to pair with at least the second vehicle;

wherein the instructions are displayed on graphical user interface (GUI) included in a heads-up display or mobile device.

2. The organic gathering system of claim 1, wherein the navigation manager instructs the first vehicle to wait at a particular location for at least the second vehicle.

3. The organic gathering system of claim 1, comprising a route determiner evaluating planned routes of the group of vehicles in view of a planned route of the first vehicle and selecting at least the second vehicle based on the planned routes.

4. The organic gathering system of claim 1, the navigation manager outputs the instructions in a combination with a visual format and an audio format or a haptic format.

5. The organic gathering system of claim 1, wherein the first vehicle and at least the second vehicle are motorcycles and the head-up display is located on a motorcycle helmet.

6. The organic gathering system of claim 1, wherein the first vehicle is a first drone and at least the second vehicle is a second drone.

7. The organic gathering system of claim 1, comprising a rate monitor providing to the first vehicle respective rankings for the vehicles in the group of vehicles, the respective rankings relate to a match between a recommended profile for the vehicle and respective profiles of the users in the group of vehicles.

8. The organic gathering system of claim 1, comprising a route comparator comparing a route of the first vehicle with respective routes of the vehicles in the group of vehicles.

9. The organic gathering system of claim 1, wherein the heads-up display is located on a windshield.

10. A method for pairing two or more users for travel together, comprising:

determining, by a system comprising a processor, profile data associated with a first user based on user input data or observed data, wherein the profile data include at least one of driving habits, riding habits, route preferences, destination, skill level and vehicle style

determining, by the system, a group of users traveling within a geographic area of the first user based upon profile data of the first user;

evaluating, by the system, respective profile data of each user in the group of users determined to be traveling with the geographic area based on profile data of the first user;

outputting, by the system, details related to a second user of the group of users as a result of the evaluating; and

providing, by the system, instructions to the first user and the second user for pairing, based on a scheme, via at least one of a short-range communications wireless network, a long-range wireless communications network, or a wireless mobile network, the instructions comprise at least details to the first user related to waiting at a designated location until the second user arrives at the designated location;

wherein the details are displayed on graphical user interface (GUI) included in a heads-up display or mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, the evaluating comprises ranking each user in the group of users based on a comparison between the respective profile data and the profile data of the first user.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the details further comprise map information with an indication of the location of the first user and respective locations of the users of the group of users.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the heads-up display is located on a windshield.

14. An organic gathering system for pairing motorcycle riders, comprising:

a profile manager determining preferences associated with a motorcycle rider based on user input data or observed data, for pairing the motorcycle rider with another motorcycle rider, wherein the preferences include at least one of driving habits, riding habits, route preferences, destination, skill level and vehicle style;

an observation manager determining other motorcycle riders that are located within a defined area of the motorcycle rider based upon the determined preferences associated with the motorcycle rider;

a rate monitor ranking the other motorcycle riders based on a comparison between the preferences associated with the motorcycle rider and respective preferences associated with the other motorcycle riders;

an interface component receiving a selection of at least one motorcycle rider from the other motorcycle riders; and

a navigation manager outputting instructions to the motorcycle rider and the other motorcycle rider via at least one of a short-range communications wireless network, a long-range wireless communications network, or a wireless mobile network, that allows the motorcycle rider to pair, via a scheme, with at least the one motorcycle rider based on at least the motorcycle rider stopping at a determined location for at least the one motorcycle rider;

wherein the instructions are displayed on graphical user interface (GUI) included in a heads-up display or mobile device.

15. The organic gathering system for pairing motorcycle riders of claim 14, wherein the navigation manager outputs the instructions on a heads-up display viewable by the motorcycle rider.

16. The organic gathering system for pairing motorcycle riders of claim 14, comprising a notification component that notifies at least the one motorcycle rider that the motorcycle rider would like to pair for at least a portion of a route.