# US 12,114,378 B2 · Micro-navigation for a vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,378 B2 - Document ID: US12114378B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/201,689 - Filed: 2023-05-24 - Published: 2023-09-21 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-19 - Assignees: Platform Science, Inc. - Applicants: Platform Science, Inc. - Inventors: John C. Kennedy; Darrin Demchuk; Scott Kopchinsky; Don Son - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114378B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/024: Guidance services - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - G01C 21/3407: {specially adapted for specific applications} - G01C 21/3811: {Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]} - H04L 67/04: specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/14: Session management (for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066) - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 4/44: for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] - H04W 12/50: Secure pairing of devices - H04W 76/19: Connection re-establishment - H04W 84/005: {Moving wireless networks} - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system and method for micro-navigation of a mobile object (1000) is disclosed herein. Micro-navigation provides guidance to destinations that are not normally found on maps or in navigation systems. In one micro-navigation method, data is collected (1501) related to route transit to specific end points that are not typically mapped. The end points are identified (1502) by relating specific geo coordinates, or physical landmark based characteristics, or electronically described and defined end point to a an identification that will be entered and stored in a location database. Guidance (1503) is provided to vehicles traveling to those end points or destinations, with additional information relevant to a route and/or a specific vehicle and configuration updated and made available to the system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for micro-navigation of a mobile object, the method comprising: receiving at a server a workflow for a mobile object, the workflow comprising an origination location of the mobile object, a destination site of the mobile object, and a route to the destination; guiding the mobile object utilizing macro-navigation to travel from the origination site to a macro/micro route interface site; initiating a micro-navigation guidance protocol upon approach to the macro/micro route interface site; and guiding the mobile object using the micro-navigation guidance protocol from the macro/micro route interface site to a terminal location within the destination site. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1 further comprising: determining a size of the mobile object; and determining a route within the destination site from the macro/micro route interface site to a terminal location based on the size of the mobile object. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1 further comprising transmitting a real-time micro-navigation guidance protocol based on a plurality of input parameters related to the destination site. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1 further comprising: receiving at the server real-time data for the mobile object from a CVD connected to on board diagnostics for the mobile object; receiving at the server a configuration of the mobile object; and receiving at the server a plurality of dynamic compliance rules. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4 wherein the real-time data for the mobile object comprises a real-time speed of the mobile object, tire pressure values from a plurality of tire sensors, refrigeration/HVAC unit values, a plurality of fluid levels, a plurality of power unit values, a real-time fuel tank capacity, and a fuel type. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4 wherein the configuration of the mobile object is selected from one of a single trailer vehicle, a dual trailer vehicle, a triple trailer vehicle, and a refrigeration trailer vehicle. ### Claim 7 A system for micro-navigation of a mobile object, the system comprising: a mobile object; a mobile computing device with an active connection to a data bus of the mobile object; a server in communication with the mobile computing device; wherein the server is configured to receive a workflow for the mobile object, the workflow comprising an origination location of the mobile object, a destination site of the mobile object, and a route to the destination; wherein the server is configured to transmit to the mobile computing device guidance for guiding the mobile object utilizing macro-navigation to travel from the origination site to a macro/micro route interface site; wherein the mobile computing device is configured to initiate a micro-navigation guidance protocol upon approach to the macro/micro route interface site; and wherein the mobile computing device is configured to provide guidance for guiding the mobile object using the micro-navigation guidance protocol from the macro/micro route interface site to a terminal location within the destination site. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7 wherein the micro-navigation guidance protocol is based on a plurality of input parameters related to the destination site. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system according to claim 7 wherein the server is configured to determine a real-time GPS location of the mobile object. ### Claim 10 A method for a micro-navigation of a mobile object, the method comprising: collecting, at a server, movement data for a known mobile object from a last mapped location associated with the known mobile object; tracking a movement of the known mobile object until the known mobile object reaches a final stop position at an end point; associating the movement of the known mobile object with performance data for the known mobile object; and generating a micro-navigation session for the executed route based on the movement data and the performance data, and storing the micro-navigation session in a database.