Dynamic geofencing hysteresis
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHussam Makkiya, Nunzio DeCia, Elena Ilieva
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Abstract
A vehicle geofence system may include a vehicle location detection device configured to provide vehicle location data for a vehicle, a memory configured to maintain geofence data, and a processor programmed to receive the vehicle location data, compare a vehicle location as indicated by the vehicle location data to the geofence data, in response to determining that the vehicle has crossed a geofence, present an inquiry, to a user, requesting feedback as to the accuracy of the geofence crossing, receive user feedback to the inquiry, and provide the user feedback to a server external of the vehicle.
Claims16
A vehicle geofence system, comprising:
- a vehicle location detection device configured to provide vehicle location data for a vehicle;
- a memory configured to maintain geofence data;
- and
- a processor programmed to:
- receive the vehicle location data,
- compare a vehicle location as indicated by the vehicle location data to the geofence data,
- in response to determining that the vehicle has crossed a geofence, present an inquiry, to a user, requesting feedback as to the accuracy of the geofence crossing,
- receive user feedback to the inquiry, and
- provide the user feedback to a server external of the vehicle, and
- in response to the user feedback indicating an inaccuracy of the geofence crossing, present an alert to the user indicating that a larger geofence area may decrease the inaccuracy.
A method for a vehicle geofence system, comprising:
- receiving vehicle location data for a vehicle;
- comparing a vehicle location as indicated by the vehicle location data to geofence data stored in a memory;
- generating, in response to determining that the vehicle has crossed a geofence, an audible inquiry via a vehicle speaker, to a user, requesting feedback as to the accuracy of the geofence crossing;
- receiving user feedback to the inquiry via a vehicle microphone;
- and
- providing the user feedback to a server external of the vehicle.
A vehicle geofence system, comprising:
- a vehicle location detection device configured to provide vehicle location data for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle location data includes a 3D estimation error to determine a vehicle location;
- a memory configured to maintain geofence data,
- a vehicle display configured to present information and receive user feedback;
- and
- a processor programmed to:
- in response to determining that the vehicle has crossed a geofence based on the location data, instruct the display to present an inquiry regarding the accuracy of the geofence crossing,
- receive, at the display, the user feedback to the inquiry, and
- provide the user feedback to a server external of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.