IP Library Granted Patent US 10,768,009
Granted Patent B2
US 10,768,009 · App. 16/352,658 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Proactive re-routing of vehicles using passive monitoring of occupant frustration level

Inventors: Dane Glasgow (Los Altos, CA); Matthew Bret MacLaurin (Santa Cruz, CA); Neville Rhys Newey (Pleasanton, CA); Justin VanWinkle (San Jose, CA); Christopher Michael Hall (San Jose, CA); Trista Mcneill (San Jose, CA); David Ramadge (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: eBay Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,768,009
App. No.
16/352,658
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure include a navigation system and computer-implemented methods for proactively re-routing vehicles based on an analysis of input component data obtained from the navigation-enabled devices. The navigation system scores the input component data to obtain a measure of frustration (e.g., a feeling of being upset or annoyed) of the user of the navigation-enabled device. The navigation system may provide a detour suggestion for display on the navigation-enabled device to persuade the user of the device to direct their vehicle to depart from its current location or route in an effort to remove the vehicle from traffic, and thereby reduce the frustration level of the user. The detour suggestion may include an alternative route to the original destination, or an alternative destination.

Claims (34)

1. A method implemented by one or more computing device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the one or more computing devices, location data from a plurality of navigation-enabled devices;

receiving, at the one or more computing devices, sensor data from the plurality of navigation-enabled devices, the sensor data captured by sensors of the navigation-enabled devices;

detecting, at the one or more computing devices, a traffic disruption event at a particular location based at least in part on the sensor data and the location data; and

causing output of a traffic disruption event notification by at least one of the navigation-enabled devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein traffic disruption event is automatically detected based on the sensor data and the location data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein traffic disruption event is confirmed based on the sensor data and the location data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the traffic disruption event notification includes an alternative route suggestion to avoid the traffic disruption event.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the traffic disruption event notification includes at least one of a map or driving directions for the alternative route to a destination location.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the traffic disruption event comprises a traffic accident.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the traffic disruption event comprises a speed trap.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a frustration level of one or more vehicle occupants nearby the particular location based on the sensor data.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the traffic disruption event is detected based on the determined frustration level.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the traffic disruption event is confirmed based on the sensor data and the frustration level.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data includes one or more of audio data from a microphone, motion data from a motion sensor, heart rate data from a heart rate sensor, or biometric data from a biometric sensor.

12. A system comprising:

one or more processors of a machine; and

one or more machine-readable mediums storing instructions to configure the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving location data from a plurality of navigation-enabled devices;

receiving sensor data from the plurality of navigation-enabled devices, the sensor data captured by sensors of the navigation-enabled devices;

detecting a traffic disruption event at a particular location based at least in part on the sensor data and the location data; and

causing output of a traffic disruption event notification by at least one of the navigation-enabled devices.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein traffic disruption event is automatically detected based on the sensor data and the location data.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein traffic disruption event is confirmed based on the sensor data and the location data.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the traffic disruption event notification includes an alternative route suggestion to avoid the traffic disruption event.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the traffic disruption event notification includes at least one of a map or driving directions for the alternative route to a destination location.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the traffic disruption event comprises a traffic accident or a speed trap.

18. The system of claim 12 , further comprising determining a frustration level of one or more vehicle occupants nearby the particular location based on the sensor data, wherein the traffic disruption event is detected based on the determined frustration level.

19. The system of claim 12 , wherein the sensor data includes one or more of audio data from a microphone, motion data from a motion sensor, heart rate data from a heart rate sensor, or biometric data from a biometric sensor.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving location data from a plurality of navigation-enabled devices;

receiving sensor data from the plurality of navigation-enabled devices, the sensor data captured by sensors of the navigation-enabled devices;

detecting a traffic disruption event at a particular location based at least in part on the sensor data and the location data; and

causing output of a traffic disruption event notification by at least one of the navigation-enabled devices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2020
From: GLASGOW, DANE; MACLAURIN, MATTHEW BRET; NEWEY, NEVILLE RHYS; VANWINKLE, JUSTIN; HALL, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL; MCNEIL, TRISTA; RAMADGE, DAVID
To: EBAY INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 15651658 · Jul 17, 2017
Continuation 14983000 · Dec 29, 2015
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