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US 8,527,140 B2Granted
Vehicle state detection
OwnerRoy Schwartz, Zarick Schwartzinventors
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Abstract
This application describes the detection of the state of a vehicle and various actions to be performed based on the detected state. The detection of the state is done by a portable device, carried by the user, which uses onboard sensors to receive operations indicators, and uses rules in a predetermined criteria to determine the operational state of the vehicle. Various methods are described for detecting the states of the vehicle and applications based upon it.
Claims18
A method of performing one or more actions on a portable device carried by an individual, comprising:
- monitoring at least one operation indicator continuously and transparently to the individual, wherein the at least one operation indicator is created by an on-board component of the portable device when the portable device is located inside a vehicle;
- detecting when the at least one operation indicator meets one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining one or more operational states of the vehicle based on the one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining the one or more actions based on the one or more operational states of the vehicle;
- performing the one or more actions on the portable device;
- determining the one or more actions based on at least one change in the operational state of the vehicle occurs;
- and wherein the at least one change in the operational state comprise at least one of the following:
- a change from a vehicle is moving state to a vehicle movement is lingering state;
- a change from a vehicle engine is on state to an engine is off state;
- a change from a vehicle is moving state to a vehicle is stationary state;
- a change from a vehicle speed is below a predetermined speed limit state to a vehicle speed is above the predetermined limit;
- a change from a vehicle is stationary state to a vehicle is moving state;
- a change from an engine is off state to an engine is on state;
- and a change from an engine is off state to a vehicle is moving state.
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A method of performing one or more actions on a portable device carried by an individual, comprising:
- monitoring at least one operation indicator continuously and transparently to the individual, wherein the at least one operation indicator is created by an on-board component of theportable device when the portable device is located inside a vehicle;
- detecting when the at least one operation indicator meets one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining one or more operational states of the vehicle based on the one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining the one or more actions based on the one or more operational states of the vehicle;
- performing the one or more actions on the portable device;
- and wherein the performing the one or more actions further comprises:
- recording at least one geographic position of the vehicle when the operational state of the vehicle is changed at least to an engine is off state;
- and directing the individual upon his request using the portable device to the at least one geographic position.
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A method of performing one or more actions on a portable device carried by an individual, comprising:
- monitoring at least one operation indicator continuously and transparently to the individual, wherein the at least one operation indicator is created by an on-board component of the portable device when the portable device is located inside a vehicle;
- detecting when the at least one operation indicator meets one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining one or more operational states of the vehicle based on the one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining the one or more actions based on the one or more operational states of the vehicle;
- performing the one or more actions on the portable device;
- and wherein the performing the one or more actions further comprises:
- notifying members of a group that the individual belongs to that the vehicle is leaving a parking spot and a new parking spot is available when the operational state of the vehicle is changed to at least vehicle is moving state.
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A method of performing one or more actions on a portable device carried by an individual, comprising:
- monitoring at least one operation indicator continuously and transparently to the individual, wherein the at least one operation indicator is created by an on-board component of the portable device when the portable device is located inside a vehicle;
- detecting when the at least one operation indicator meets one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining one or more operational states of the vehicle based on the one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining the one or more actions based on the one or more operational states of the vehicle;
- performing the one or more actions on the portable device;
- and wherein the determining the one or more actions further comprises:
- determining a location of the individual;
- and determining the one or more actions based on the one or more operational states of the vehicle and the location of the individual.
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A method of performing one or more actions on a portable device carried by an individual, comprising:
- monitoring at least one operation indicator continuously and transparently to the individual, wherein the at least one operation indicator is created by an on-board component of the portable device when the portable device is located inside a vehicle;
- detecting when the at least one operation indicator meets one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining one or more operational states of the vehicle based on the one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining the one or more actions based on the one or more operational states of the vehicle;
- performing the one or more actions on the portable device;
- and wherein the determining the one or more actions further comprises:
- detecting when one or more predetermined applications are invoked via the portable device;
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- determining the one or more actions based on the one or more operational states of the vehicle and the one or more predetermined applications.
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A method of performing one or more actions on a portable device carried by an individual, comprising:
- monitoring at least one operation indicator continuously and transparently to the individual, wherein the at least one operation indicator is created by an on-board component of the portable device when the portable device is located inside a vehicle;
- detecting when the at least one operation indicator meets one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining one or more operational states of the vehicle based on the one or more predetermined criteria;
- determining the one or more actions based on the one or more operational states of the vehicle;
- performing the one or more actions on the portable device;
- and wherein the determining the one or more operational states of the vehicle further comprises:
- determining a position of the portable device;
- determining the one or more operational states of the vehicle based on the one or more predetermined criteria and the position of the portable device.
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A method of determining a movement and location status using an accelerometer located on a portable device comprising:
- generating acceleration sequences by measuring accelerations of the vehicle at predetermined sampling periods in one or more directions using the accelerometer;
- detecting when the acceleration sequences meet a predetermined pattern recognition criteria, wherein the predetermined pattern recognition criteria include at least one markov model generated for variety of the one or more operational states of the vehicle;
- determining the one or more operational states based on the predetermined selected pattern recognition criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.