Method and apparatus for requesting a transport vehicle from a mobile device
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSai Pradeep Venkatraman, Meghna Agrawal, Weihua Gao
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Abstract
Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a mobile device to request a transport vehicle. Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a transport vehicle to respond to a request from a mobile device. Various embodiments include customer and transport authentication and security techniques. Various embodiments include location update techniques to enable a transport vehicle to navigate to a mobile device, even in areas of low position accuracy for traditional GNSS and terrestrial transceiver-based systems.
Claims16
A method, in a transport vehicle, of responding to a mobile device pickup request, comprising:
- receiving, at the transport vehicle, a pickup request from a dispatch server, comprising a location of a mobile device;
- navigating to the location of the mobile device or to a proximal location thereof;
- receiving a beacon signal, using a directional antenna on the transport vehicle;
- determining a direction to navigate towards, using the directional antenna;
- determining a proximity between the transport vehicle and the mobile device;
- and
- navigating to an updated location of the mobile device.
A transport vehicle for responding to a mobile device pickup request, comprising:
- one or more directional antennas;
- one or more communications transceivers, coupled to the one or more directional antennas;
- and
- one or more processing units, communicatively coupled to the one or more directional antennas and the one or more communications transceivers, wherein:
- the one or more communication transceivers are configured to receive, at the transport vehicle, a pickup request from a dispatch server, comprising a location of a mobile device;
- the transport vehicle is configured to navigate to the location of the mobile device or to a proximal location thereof;
- the one or more communication transceivers are further configured to receive a beacon signal, using the one or more directional antennas on the transport vehicle
- the processor is configured to determine a direction to navigate towards, using the one or more directional antennas;
- the processor is further configured to determine a proximity between the transport vehicle and the mobile device;
- and
- the transport vehicle is further configured to navigate to an updated location of the mobile device.
A transport vehicle, comprising:
- means for receiving, at the transport vehicle, a pickup request from a dispatch server, comprising a location of a mobile device;
- means for navigating to the location of the mobile device or to a proximal location thereof;
- means for receiving a beacon signal, using a directional antenna on the transport vehicle
- means for determining a direction to navigate towards, using the directional antenna;
- means for determining a proximity between the transport vehicle and the mobile device;
- and
- means for navigating to the updated location of the mobile device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions to cause a transport vehicle to:
- receive, at the transport vehicle, a pickup request from a dispatch server, comprising a location of a mobile device;
- navigate to the location of the mobile device or to a proximal location thereof;
- receive a beacon signal, using one or more directional antennas on the transport vehicle determine a direction to navigate towards using the one or more directional antennas;
- determine a proximity between the transport vehicle and the mobile device;
- and
- navigate to an updated location of the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.