Enhanced vehicle sharing system
AssigneeXirgo Technologies, LLC
InventorsAndrew Hodge, Nathan Ackerman, Jean-Paul Labrosse, Phillip Lucas Williams, Scott Lindsay Sullivan, Jason Matthew Alderman
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Abstract
Rideshare cars operate within a network and each includes a car-camera device which allows each car driver to communicate with each other. The car-camera device uses object and facial recognition software to locate objects, people, sounds, QR codes and gestures, inside and outside the car and responds accordingly, providing a corrective action. The car-camera devices perform functions to ensure that both riders and drivers of rideshare services and drivers of car-share services are safe and can communicate with each other, before, during, and after a ride or drive.
Claims20
A method for verification of a rideshare passenger upon pickup, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a ride on rideshare vehicle from a rideshare passenger, wherein the request is associated with a contact identifier for a mobile device of the rideshare passenger;
- generating a machine-readable code associated with the ride that uniquely identifies the rideshare passenger;
- transmitting the digital machine-readable code to the mobile device of the rideshare passenger based on the contact identifier;
- upon pickup, receiving an indication of a machine-readable code from the mobile device of the rideshare passenger;
- and
- verifying that the indication of the machine-readable code from the mobile device of the rideshare passenger matches the machine-readable code associated with the ride.
A method for verification of a rideshare passenger upon pickup, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a ride on rideshare vehicle from a rideshare passenger, wherein the request is associated with a facial recognition signature of the rideshare passenger;
- upon pickup, capturing with a camera of a client device mounted on the rideshare vehicle image data of a face of the rideshare passenger;
- generating facial feature data based on the image data of the face of the rideshare passenger;
- comparing the facial feature data with the facial recognition signature of the rideshare passenger;
- and
- displaying a result of the comparing step.
A method for verification of a rideshare driver, the method comprising:
- receiving an acceptance of a request for a ride on rideshare vehicle from a rideshare driver, wherein the acceptance is associated with a facial recognition signature of a registered rideshare driver;
- capturing with a camera of a client device mounted on the rideshare vehicle image data of a face of the rideshare driver;
- generating facial feature data based on the image data of the face of the rideshare driver;
- comparing the facial feature data with the facial recognition signature of the registered rideshare driver to determine if there is a match;
- and
- displaying a result of the comparing step.
A method of detecting a behavioral event by a passenger riding inside a vehicle, the method comprising:
- capturing video data with a cabin-facing camera in the vehicle, the video data corresponding, at least in part, to the passenger riding inside the vehicle;
- analyzing the video data to generate object data of elements in the video data potentially corresponding to predefined patterns of behavioral events;
- comparing the generated object data with at least one of the predefined patterns of behavioral events to determine if there is a match;
- and
- generating an alert in response to the comparing step resulting in a match.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.