Ride-hailing vehicle identification
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiyotaka Kawashima, Ting Zhang
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for determining usage of a vehicle. A vehicle monitoring system may include, a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a sensory system that generates vehicle trip data during a monitoring window. The vehicle monitoring system may partition the trip data into a base group and a contrast group. The vehicle monitoring system may calculate a similarity score between the contrast group and the base group. The vehicle monitoring system may determine that the vehicle has been used for commercial purposes in response to the similarity score satisfying a threshold.
Claims18
A method of determining usage of a vehicle, comprising, by a processor of the vehicle:
- collecting vehicle trip data via a vehicle sensor system during a monitoring window;
- partitioning trips of the vehicle trip data into a base group and a contrast group;
- calculating a similarity score between the contrast group and the base group, wherein calculating the similarity score comprises determining a number of new points of interest visited during the trips in the contrast group;
- determining that the vehicle has been used for commercial purposes in response to the similarity score satisfying a threshold, wherein determining that the vehicle has been used for commercial purposes in response to the similarity score satisfying the threshold comprises determining that the vehicle has been used for commercial purposes in response to determining that the number of new points of interest visited during the trips in the contrast group is greater than one point of interest per day;
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- displaying a message on a display of the vehicle indicating that the vehicle has been used for commercial purposes.
A method of determining usage of a vehicle, comprising, by a processor of the vehicle:
- determining, based on a global positioning system, that the vehicle has visited a point of interest;
- comparing the point of interest to previously visited points of interest to determine whether the point of interest is a new point of interest;
- determining a rate of visiting new points of interest over a time window;
- determining that the vehicle is being used for commercial purposes in response to determining that the rate of visiting new points of interest during the time window exceeds a threshold;
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- displaying a message on a display of the vehicle indicating that the vehicle has been used for commercial purposes.
An apparatus for determining usage of a vehicle, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
- collect vehicle trip data via a vehicle sensor system during a monitoring window;
- partition trips of the vehicle trip data into a base group and a contrast group;
- calculate a similarity score between the contrast group and the base group including a number of new points of interest visited during the trips in the contrast group;
- determine that the vehicle has been used for commercial purposes in response to determining that the number of new points of interest visited during the trips in the contrast group is greater than one point of interest per day;
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- displaying a message on a display of the vehicle indicating that the vehicle has been used for commercial purposes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.