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US 11,443,249 B2Granted
Permitting or denying access to light electric vehicles based on detected or anticipated environmental conditions
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Foley, Michael Beckmann
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Abstract
This disclosure generally relates to a light electric vehicle. More specifically, this disclosure describes how to limit or restrict access to a light electric vehicle based on determined or anticipated environmental conditions. The disclosure also describes how to change one or more capabilities or operating parameters of the light electric vehicle based on determined and/or anticipated environmental conditions.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving environmental condition information for a geographic area, the geographic area having one or more light electric vehicles that are available for reservation by an individual, wherein the one or more light electric vehicles comprise at least one of an electric assisted bicycle or an electric scooter;
- identifying, in response to receiving the environmental condition information, the one or more light electric vehicles in the geographic area;
- requesting, in response to identifying the one or more light electric vehicles in the geographic area, capability information for the one or more light electric vehicles;
- receiving the capability information for the one or more light electric vehicles;
- generating one or more restriction constraints for the one or more light electric vehicles based at least in part on the environmental condition information and the capability information;
- and
- transmitting one or more instructions to the one or more light electric vehicles to implement the one or more restriction constraints, wherein the one or more restriction constraints comprise at least one of electronically prohibiting the light electric vehicles from being reserved, electronically prohibiting the light electric vehicles from being used, mechanically prohibiting the light electric vehicle from being reserved, or mechanically prohibiting the light electric vehicle from being used.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations, comprising:
- determining, based at least in part, on received environmental condition information, an environmental condition associated with a current location;
- identifying, in response to determining the environmental condition associated with the current location, a light electric vehicle in a geographic area associated with the current location, wherein the light electric vehicle comprises at least one of an electric assisted bicycle or an electric scooter;
- requesting, in response to identifying the light electric vehicle in the geographic are, capability information for the light electric vehicle;
- receiving the capability information for the light electric vehicle;
- determining, based at least in part, on the capability information of the light electric vehicle and the environmental condition information, to alter at least one capability of the light electric vehicle;
- and
- sending one or more instructions to the light electric vehicle that causes the light electric vehicle to alter the at least one capability, wherein the at least one capability that is altered comprises a top speed of the light electric vehicle.
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A method, comprising:
- determining a current location of an individual;
- determining, based at least in part, on received environmental condition information, an environmental condition associated with the current location;
- identifying, in response to determining the environmental condition associated with the current location, one or more light electric vehicles in a geographic area associated with the current location;
- determining, based at least in part, on the current location of the individual, the one or more light electric vehicles available for reservation or use in the current location, wherein the one or more light electric vehicles comprise at least one of an electric assisted bicycle or an electric scooter;
- requesting, in response to identifying the one or more light electric vehicles in the geographic area, capability information for the one or more light electric vehicles;
- receiving the capability information for the one or more light electric vehicles;
- determining, based at least in part, on the received environmental condition information for the current location, to restrict public access to at least one of the one or more light electric vehicles;
- and
- sending an instruction to the at least one of the one or more light electric vehicles that causes the at least one of the one or more light electric vehicles to change one or more availability states, wherein the one or more availability states comprise at least one of the light electric vehicle being available to be reserved or the light electric vehicle being unavailable to be reserved.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.