Restricting travel for vehicle passengers

• US 10,816,350 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2016
• Issued: 10/27/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kingsbury, Timothy Winthrop, Waltermann, Rod D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Oh, Harry Y
• Application Number:
  US15/243,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20180051999A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,527 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0809 Driver authorisation; Driver identity check
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/043 Identity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/08 related to drivers or passengers
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 60/00253 Taxi operations
• 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 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0214 in accordance with safety or protection criteria, e.g. avoiding hazardous areas monitoring the location of vehicles within a certain area, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas, in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/13
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/024 in combination with a laser lasers per se H01S
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, using a processor, a user identification of a vehicle passenger; obtaining, based on the user identification, a travel restriction; and providing, to a vehicle, an indication of the travel restriction. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining, using a processor, a user identification of a vehicle passenger of an automated vehicle, wherein the vehicle passenger does not operate the vehicle;

obtaining, based on the user identification, a travel restriction associated with a route for the vehicle and an indication of a trusted pickup to receive the vehicle passenger at an endpoint of the route, the travel restriction, trusted pickup, and the endpoint of the route being identified by a non-passenger of the vehicle;

providing, to a vehicle, an indication of the travel restriction;

generating a travel plan for the vehicle based upon the travel restriction and the endpoint;

providing, to the non-passenger of the vehicle, a notification of arrival at the endpoint using the travel plan and pickup of the vehicle passenger by the trusted pickup, wherein the non-passenger of the vehicle is located in a different location than the endpoint of the route and wherein the non-passenger is different from the trusted pickup; and

receiving, responsive to arrival at the endpoint, an indication from the non-passenger of the vehicle to conclude the travel plan.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is for an automated vehicle.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the automated vehicle is selected from the group consisting of an automobile and a train.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising adjusting a travel plan based on the restriction.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the adjusting comprises implementing a restriction selected from the group consisting of:

restricting travel to a specific geographic area;

restricting travel to a time window;

restricting travel to a trip type; and

restricting travel to a defined end point.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the defined end point comprises a requirement for a predetermined individual being present at the end point.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing, to the vehicle, the indication of the travel restriction comprises providing the indication to a mobile device of a vehicle operator.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile device comprises a smart phone.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication comprises a displayed indication.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the displayed indication comprises instructions to a vehicle operator regarding the travel restriction.

11. A device, comprising:

a display screen;

a processor operatively coupled to the display screen; and

a memory that stores instructions executable by a processor to;

obtain a user identification of a vehicle passenger of an automated vehicle, wherein the vehicle passenger does not operate the vehicle;

obtain, based on the user identification, a travel restriction associated with a route for the vehicle and an indication of a trusted pickup to receive the vehicle passenger at an endpoint of the route, the travel restriction, trusted pickup, and the endpoint of the route being identified by a non-passenger of the vehicle;

provide, to a vehicle, an indication of the travel;

generate a travel plan for the vehicle based upon the travel restriction and the endpoint;

provide, to the non-passenger of the vehicle, a notification of arrival at the endpoint using the travel plan and pickup of the vehicle passenger by the trusted pickup wherein the non-passenger of the vehicle is located in a different location than the endpoint of the route and wherein the non-passenger is different from the trusted pickup; and

receive, responsive to arrival at the endpoint, an indication from the non-passenger of the vehicle to conclude the travel plan.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the vehicle is an automated vehicle.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the indication is for an automated vehicle.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to adjust a travel plan based on the restriction.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the travel plan is adjusted by implementing a restriction selected from the group consisting of:

restricting travel to a specific geographic area;

restricting travel to a time window;

restricting travel to a trip type; and

restricting travel to a defined end point.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the defined end point comprises a requirement for a predetermined individual being present at the end point.

17. The device of claim 11, wherein the processor executes instructions to provide, to the vehicle, the indication of the travel restriction by providing the indication to a mobile device of a vehicle operator.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the mobile device comprises a smart phone.

19. The device of claim 11, wherein the indication comprises instructions to a vehicle operator regarding the travel restriction.

20. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory storage device comprising code that is executable by a processor, the code comprising;

code that obtains a user identification of a vehicle passenger of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle passenger does not operate the vehicle;

code that obtains, based on the user identification, a travel restriction associated with a route for the vehicle and an indication of a trusted pickup to receive the vehicle passenger at an endpoint of the route, the travel restriction, trusted pickup, and the endpoint of the route being identified by a non-passenger of the vehicle;

code that generates a travel plan for the vehicle based upon the travel restriction and the endpoint;

code that provides, to the non-passenger of the vehicle, a notification of arrival at the endpoint using the travel plan and pickup of the vehicle passenger by the trusted pickup, wherein the non-passenger of the vehicle is located in a different location than the endpoint of the route and wherein the non-passenger is different from the trusted pickup; and

code that receives, responsive to arrival at the endpoint, an indication from the non-passenger of the vehicle to conclude the travel plan.