US 12,699,934 B1 · Autonomously securing a trailer for hire

Abstract

A computer product and method for autonomously renting equipment with a machine learning model that is trained on a set of positive image pairs and a set of negative image pairs from prior rental transactions, each pair of images consisting of an image of a driver license and an image of a selfie photograph (“selfie”). The method includes receiving a computer communication from a renter that includes a rental request to rent the equipment for a rental duration. The renter is prompted to submit renter data that includes a selfie while holding his or her driver license. The selfie is preprocessed to generate a new image pair comprising an image of the renter's driver license and an image of the renter's selfie. Machine learning is employed to inference a first probability that both images in the new image pair are images of the same person. Upon determining that the probability inference is less than a predetermined threshold value, the rental request is denied.

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Dependent claims

A security system for equipment having a frame including a towing tongue supporting a coupler that defines a hitch socket opening, the security system comprising:

a security device, comprising:
an actuator mount assembly permanently affixed to the frame and having a first hasp;
an actuator attached to the actuator mount assembly;
a slide out assembly attached to the actuator and selectively positionable, by activating the actuator, between a first position to close the hitch socket opening and a second position to open the hitch socket opening;
and
a slide out guard assembly having a second hasp and enclosing the actuator and the slide out assembly;
and
a removable lock securing the first and second hasps together;
security engine logic operable in a distributed computer network to process user requests to lock or unlock the security device;
and
a wireless communications interface autonomously responsive to the security engine logic and configured to selectively activate the actuator via the distributed computer network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Autonomously securing a trailer for hire

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Abstract

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