Custom navigational data based on user recognition

• US 9,823,088 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2015
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, SHARDUL D
• Application Number:
  US14/715,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20160341567A1
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• Field of Search: 701117, 701207, 701 35, 701 36, 340 553, 3404261, 707758, 180287, 180257
• 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: 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 programmed to:

capture an image of a user of a vehicle with a camera in the vehicle;

retrieve a plurality of user profiles;

compare the image to data stored in each user profile;

upon determining that the image does not correspond to any user profile, identify a plurality of user devices, wherein each user device is associated with saved contact information for each user profile; and

transmit a message including the image to each identified user device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to, upon determining that the image corresponds to one of the user profiles, select a predicted destination based at least in part on the user profile and obtain traffic data based on the predicted destination.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the computer is further programmed to play a voice message including at least part of the traffic data.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the computer is further programmed to generate a route to the predicted destination to allow the vehicle to maintain a substantially constant speed.

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

6. The system of claim 4, wherein a 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 computer is further programmed to generating a weather report and presenting the weather report on the display.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to send the image to a social media website.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to generate a traffic report and present the traffic report to the user on a display.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the wherein the computer is further programmed to, upon determining that the image does not correspond to any user profile, transmit the message to all user devices associated with the saved contact information in all of the user profiles.

11. A method, comprising:

capturing an image of a user of a vehicle with a camera in the vehicle;

retrieving a plurality of user profiles;

comparing the image to data stored in each user profile;

upon determining that the image does not correspond to any user profile, identifying a plurality of user devices, wherein each user device is associated with saved contact information for each user profile; and

transmitting a message including the image to each identified user device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising upon determining that the image corresponds to one of the user profiles, selecting a predicted destination based at least in part on the user profile and obtain traffic data based on the predicted destination.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising playing a voice message including at least part of the traffic data.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating a mute to the predicted destination to allow the vehicle to maintain a substantially constant speed.

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

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a predicted 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.

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

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising, upon determining that the image does not correspond to any user profile, transmitting the message to all user devices associated with the saved contact information in all of the user profiles.