Apparatus and Method to Provide Access to Shared Vehicles Without Power Locks

    公开(公告)号:US20210293075A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US16822152

    申请日:2020-03-18

    摘要: A vehicle sharing system for use with a vehicle. The vehicle sharing system comprises: i) a lockbox mounted on an exterior of the vehicle, the lockbox including a vehicle key that opens a door of the vehicle; and ii) a vehicle sharing control module disposed in the interior of the vehicle. The vehicle sharing control module communicates with the lockbox in order to open a door associated with the lockbox in response to a first command message received from a mobile device associated with a user. The lockbox is mounted on a license plate holder of the vehicle and the license plate is mounted on the door of the lockbox.

    VEHICLE OPERATION IN RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY EVENT

    公开(公告)号:US20200294385A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16354877

    申请日:2019-03-15

    IPC分类号: G08B25/00 H04W4/46 G07C5/00

    摘要: A system and method for causing a responsive vehicle action to be carried out at one or more affected vehicles in response to an emergency event. The method includes: identifying probe vehicle(s) in response to an emergency event indication, wherein the probe vehicle(s) are selected based on a proximity between an emergency event location and the vehicle(s) or a route of the vehicle(s); sending a data request to the probe vehicle(s); receiving a data response from the probe vehicle(s) at the remote server, wherein the probe data is based on onboard sensor data obtained from one or more onboard vehicle sensors; and sending a responsive vehicle action message to the affected vehicle(s), wherein the responsive vehicle action message specifies responsive vehicle action(s) to be carried out by the affected vehicle, and wherein at least one of the one or more responsive vehicle actions are determined based on the probe data.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE NOTIFICATION OF VEHICLE SERVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20200043063A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16055586

    申请日:2018-08-06

    发明人: Stephen M. London

    摘要: One general aspect includes a method to provide a notification regarding a service being provided at a vehicle, the method including: (a) receiving, via a controller, a request for access to the vehicle from a third-party service provider; (b) in response to the vehicle access request, via the controller, providing vehicle access to the third-party service provider; (c) operating, via the controller, at least one vehicle sensor to confirm the third-party service provider is providing a service at the vehicle; and (d) generating, via the controller, at least one service notification based at least in part on feedback from the at least one vehicle sensor.

    VEHICLE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190228345A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-25

    申请号:US15875915

    申请日:2018-01-19

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/02 G08G1/14

    摘要: A vehicle sharing system and method, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an active vehicle sharing notification that indicates a shared vehicle is to be used, determining a third-party reservation availability that indicates a vehicle sharing parking space that was occupied by the shared vehicle will be available for a rental period, sending a vehicle sharing parking space availability to a third party, and receiving a notification of use of the vehicle sharing parking space during the rental period of the third-party reservation availability.

    Managing licensed and unlicensed communications using cellular protocols

    公开(公告)号:US10327149B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15145538

    申请日:2016-05-03

    发明人: Bonnie Chen

    摘要: A system and method of identifying licensed and unlicensed communications over a cellular protocol includes: wirelessly transmitting a communication session request from a wireless device to a wireless carrier system using the LTE cellular protocol; receiving a response at the wireless device from the wireless carrier system indicating that the wireless carrier system is providing a communication session using a licensed communications frequency band or an unlicensed communications frequency band; and establishing communications from the wireless device via the wireless carrier system based on whether the wireless carrier system is providing cellular communications via the licensed communications frequency band or the unlicensed communications frequency band.

    Remotely triggering calls to a PSAP

    公开(公告)号:US10178709B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US14100363

    申请日:2013-12-09

    IPC分类号: H04W76/50 H04W4/04

    摘要: A method of connecting a vehicle telematics unit with a public safety access point (PSAP) includes wirelessly calling a central facility using the vehicle telematics unit that generates a reason to contact the PSAP; determining a reason to contact the PSAP during the wireless call; and receiving a computer-readable command at the vehicle telematics unit from the central facility that directs the vehicle telematics unit to end the wireless call and locally place an emergency call.

    Vehicle event detection and classification using contextual vehicle information

    公开(公告)号:US10157321B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-18

    申请号:US15482541

    申请日:2017-04-07

    摘要: A method and system for detecting vehicle events and classifying them based on contextual vehicle information. The method includes detecting a vehicle event using vehicle movement data, and then obtaining and analyzing contextual vehicle information associated with the vehicle event. The contextual vehicle information may be indicative of an external condition that led to the vehicle event, such as an object in the vehicle's path, that helps classify the vehicle event for purposes of insurance risk assessment. Another disclosed method involves comparing the vehicle movement data with the vehicle performance requirements for each of the plurality of insurance carrier plans, and notifying a vehicle operator when the vehicle data satisfies the vehicle performance requirements for any one of the insurance carrier plans. Example systems may include a telematics unit installed to a vehicle that is configured to collect vehicle movement data and contextual vehicle information.