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Utility
Location accuracy using local device communications
7 Feb 23
Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for improving the accuracy of location information for requestor and provider devices in an dynamic transportation matching system using local communications between computing devices.
Taggart Matthiesen, Sergey Shlykovich, Ethan Eyler, Sebastian Brannstrom, Sean Murphy
Filed: 30 Dec 16
Utility
Optimizing provider computing device wait time periods associated with transportation requests
7 Feb 23
The present application discloses an improved wait time optimization system, and corresponding methods and computer-readable media.
Man Geen Harold Li, Alex Collier Mazure, Mohammad Ali Motie Share, Jimmy Young, Mu Xia, Kevin Wang
Filed: 18 Oct 19
Utility
Transition of Navigation Modes for Multi-modal Transporation
2 Feb 23
Systems and methods for improved transitioning and updating of navigations modes for multi-modal transportation routes are presented.
Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Assaf Haim Shalev, Christine Mara Todorovich, Mohammad Harith Aslam Khawaja
Filed: 7 Oct 22
Utility
Generating and communicating device balance graphical representations for a dynamic transportation system
31 Jan 23
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating and utilizing provider device balance graphs reflecting device utilization ratio between provider devices and requester devices.
John Torres Fremlin, Yunshu Liu
Filed: 16 Aug 19
Utility
Tunable Lidar for Simultaneous Ranging and Environmental Monitoring
26 Jan 23
In one embodiment, a method includes emitting, by an automotive vehicle, one or more light beams from a LiDAR system toward an environment surrounding the automotive vehicle, receiving one or more return light beams at the LiDAR system of the automotive vehicle, detecting one or more objects located in the environment surrounding the automotive vehicle based on the return light beams, and simultaneously measuring one or more air characteristics of the environment surrounding the automotive vehicle.
Farzad Cyrus Foroughi ABARI
Filed: 11 Jul 22
Utility
Systems and Methods for Transport Cancellation Using Data-driven Models
26 Jan 23
Disclosed is a method for identifying, in real time, a transportation arrangement between a requestor and a provider that could benefit from a re-matching of the requestor with another provider.
Snir Kodesh, Andrew Li, Desmond Mawuko Torkornoo, Naomi Yarin
Filed: 12 Aug 22
Utility
Autonomous vehicle notification system
24 Jan 23
In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, using one or more sensors of a vehicle, an entity in an environment surrounding the vehicle.
Taggart Matthiesen, Jisi Guo, Sebastian Rolf Johan Brannstrom, Jess Garms
Filed: 20 Mar 20
Utility
Casual driver ride sharing
10 Jan 23
A system for casual driver ride sharing includes an interface and processor.
David Dryjanski, Lev Popov, Timothy Brown, Logan Green, Austin Broyles
Filed: 27 Apr 20
Utility
Predictive inventory management
3 Jan 23
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a user computing device associated with a user for one or more items from an in-vehicle vending apparatus during a ride.
Trent Baren, Luke George Greenwood, Sachin Agarwal, David Harry Garcia, Ethan Duncan Eyler, Tzu-San Hung, Martin Conte MacDonnell
Filed: 24 Jun 20
Utility
Systems and Methods for Predictively Managing User Experiences In Autonomous Vehicles
29 Dec 22
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include monitoring, during a ride provided by an autonomous vehicle (AV), passenger communications between a passenger and a remote agent using an in-vehicle electronic device.
Jennie Arielle Braunstein, Timothy Tay Chao, Adam Jacob Derewecki, Hangyu Li, Derek Michael Petersen, Alexander McNaughton Luke Wallace
Filed: 23 Jun 21
Utility
Generation and update of HD maps using data from heterogeneous sources
27 Dec 22
A method includes a computing system accessing a training sample that includes first sensor data obtained using a first sensor at a first geographic location, and first metadata comprising information relating to the first sensor.
Gil Arditi
Filed: 13 Nov 17
Utility
Customizing user interface experiences for requesters of transportation services
20 Dec 22
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for customizing a user experience for users of a transportation matching system.
George Siqiao Wang
Filed: 27 Jun 19
Utility
Systems and methods for matching autonomous transportation provider vehicles and transportation requests in transportation management systems
20 Dec 22
The disclosed computer-implemented method may determine one or more characteristics of an autonomous vehicle, determine one or more characteristics of one or more road segments of a geographic area, determine at least one geographic zone for the autonomous vehicle within the geographic area based at least on the characteristics of the autonomous vehicle and the characteristics of the one or more road segments of the at least one geographic area, and match a request with the autonomous vehicle within the at least one geographic zone based at least in part on a request location and a destination location of the request being associated with the at least one geographic zone.
Jessica Yunan Chen, Gavin Sebastian Hurley, Leighton Kamaile Jen, Jonathan Patrick O'Keefe, Oleg Vadim Panichev, Robert Earl Rasmusson, Jr., John Tighe, Alexis Weill, Adam Alexander Wolf
Filed: 28 Mar 19
Utility
Mode Changing of a Mobile Communication Device and Vehicle Settings When the Mobile Communications Device Is In Proximity to a Vehicle
8 Dec 22
The disclosed system may include a first and a second mobile device coupled to a vehicular system, the vehicular system may include a processor and a memory including executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations including (i) receiving an indication that the first mobile device is associated with a first driver of the vehicle when the first mobile device comes into proximity with the vehicular system, (ii) determining that the second mobile device is associated with the first driver of the vehicle based on identifying a biometric of the first driver, (iii) based on the indication received from the first mobile device, instructing the vehicular system to cause the first mobile device and the second mobile device to enter a mode, (iv) detecting an override from the first mobile device, and (v) responsive to detecting the override, instructing the vehicular system to release the second mobile device from the mode.
Samuel Zellner
Filed: 29 Jun 22
Utility
Multi-modal Transportation System
1 Dec 22
Methods and systems for detecting when users deviate from a provided transportation route and for correcting the transportation route in response to such user deviations is presented.
Charles Parker Spielman, Mayank Gulati, Karina Goot, Priyanka Madhav Phatak, Michael Francis Lodick, Jatin Chopra
Filed: 29 Jul 22
Utility
Systems and Methods for Personal Mobile Vehicle Localization In a Fleet Management System
1 Dec 22
Embodiments described herein provide a localization mechanism that blends location data collected from hardware sensors equipped with a personal mobile vehicle and location and/or status data collected from external location source other than the personal mobile vehicle to generate adjusted location data for the personal mobile vehicle.
Amber L Chen, Garrett Korda Drayna, Martin Douglas Kess, Christopher Paul Merrill, Thien Bao Nguyen, Jens Paul Windau, Yunjie Zhao
Filed: 7 Mar 22
Utility
Systems and methods for offline and online vehicle usage for volume-based metrics
29 Nov 22
The disclosed system may include a non-transitory memory and one or more hardware processors configured to execute instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations including determining online data and offline data from a mobile application, wherein the online data is determined based on the mobile application being online and the offline data is determined based on the mobile application being offline, determining travel distance data from a remote device associated with the vehicle, aggregating at least a portion of the online data, at least a portion of the offline data, and at least a portion of the travel distance data, generating data associated with the aggregation of the portion of the online data, the portion of the offline data, and the portion of the travel distance data, and causing the mobile application to display the generated data.
Deanna Ettidale Alwafai, Aastha Bhargava, Erin Catherine Maryak Gray, Yeshwanth Kumaraswamy, Adrian Paul McLean, Londa Fiorella Overbeck
Filed: 24 Sep 19
Utility
Dynamically generating and updating multipliers for a transportation matching system using machine learning
29 Nov 22
This disclosure covers machine-learning methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that generate a multiplier that efficiently and effectively provides on-demand transportation services for a geographic area.
Ricky Chachra, Tzu-Hsin Chiao, Ashivni Shekhawat, Christopher Sholley, Jerome Hong-Phat Thai, Adriel Frederick
Filed: 6 Jul 20
Utility
Approaches for Managing Vehicles
24 Nov 22
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine sensor data collected by a fleet of vehicles while navigating a geographic region.
Romain Clément, Joseph Patrick Wendell Whinnery
Filed: 4 Aug 22
Utility
System for navigating transportation service providers to fulfill transportation requests authorized by an organization
22 Nov 22
In one embodiment a first transportation request is received from a computing device of a member of an organization.
Talmon Marco, Igor Magazinik
Filed: 31 Dec 15