IP Library Granted Patent US 10,580,305
Granted Patent B2
US 10,580,305 · App. 15/837,733 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Autonomous presentation of a self-driving vehicle

Inventors: Jeremy Adam Greenberger (Raleigh, NC); James Robert Kozloski (New Fairfield, CT); Clifford A. Pickover (Yorktown Heights, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G08G1/202
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,580,305
App. No.
15/837,733
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques for facilitating the autonomous presentation of a self-driving vehicle are provided. In one example, a method can include a system operatively coupled to a processor, where the system: determines a feature of a self-driving vehicle based on information regarding an entity in a pending transaction; determines a task to be performed by the self-driving vehicle based on the feature; and generates an instruction for the self-driving vehicle to perform the task.

Claims (8)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining, by a self-driving vehicle operatively coupled to a processor, a feature of a self-driving vehicle based on information regarding an entity having an interest in completing an event associated with the self-driving vehicle; determining and performing, by the self-driving vehicle, a task based on the feature, wherein the task demonstrates the feature to the entity; determining, by the self-driving vehicle, that the feature is a high available occupancy based on an observation by the self-driving vehicle of a video of the entity with a greater than a defined number of accompanying entities; generating, by the self-driving vehicle, an instruction for the self-driving vehicle to perform the task; and controlling, by the self-driving vehicle, the self-driving vehicle to perform a motor operation of the self-driving vehicle.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the processor is electrically coupled to the self-driving vehicle.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, by the self-driving vehicle, a requirement based on the information, wherein the requirement represents a need or want of the entity.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising identifying, by the self-driving vehicle, the feature of the self-driving vehicle based on the requirement.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein software is provided as a service in a cloud environment to facilitate the determining the task.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the information is a custom preference set by the entity.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the event is a sales transaction to purchase the self-driving vehicle.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , further comprising: causing, by the self-driving vehicle, the self-driving vehicle to initiate the event based on receipt by of geographic information indicating the entity is located at a car dealership.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: MAPLEBEAR INC.
Reel/Frame 055155/0943 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2017
From: GREENBERGER, JEREMY ADAM; KOZLOSKI, JAMES ROBERT; PICKOVER, CLIFFORD A.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044356/0191 →