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Granted Patent B2
US 12,216,465 · App. 16/803,154 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Intelligent transportation systems

Inventor: Charles Howard Cella (Pembroke, MA)
Assignee: Strong Force TP Portfolio 2022, LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,216,465
App. No.
16/803,154
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Transportation systems have artificial intelligence including neural networks for recognition and classification of objects and behavior including natural language processing and computer vision systems. The transportation systems involve sets of complex chemical processes, mechanical systems, and interactions with behaviors of operators. System-level interactions and behaviors are classified, predicted and optimized using neural networks and other artificial intelligence systems through selective deployment, as well as hybrids and combinations of the artificial intelligence systems, neural networks, expert systems, cognitive systems, genetic algorithms and deep learning.

Claims (41)

1. A system for transportation, comprising:

a cognitive system for routing at least one vehicle within a designated set of vehicles based on a set of routing parameters determined by facilitating peer-to-peer routing coordination among the designated set of vehicles, wherein the peer-to-peer routing coordination includes taking at least one input from at least one game-based interface for a user of the at least one vehicle in the designated set of vehicles; wherein:

the at least one game-based interface includes a vehicle route preference-affecting game activity through which the user indicates a routing preference for the at least one vehicle within the designated set of vehicles, and wherein the at least one input from the at least one game-based interface is based on a response of the user to the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity; and

the at least one game-based interface is to induce the user to undertake a set of favorable routing choices that is configured to achieve at least one of: a reduced noise in a geographical region objective, an avoidance of undivided highways objective, or an avoidance of left turns objective; and

a vehicle routing system to route the at least one vehicle based on the set of routing parameters.

2. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the vehicle routing system accounts for the routing preference indicated by the user when routing the at least one vehicle within the designated set of vehicles.

3. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the at least one game-based interface is disposed for in-vehicle use.

4. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the user is a rider of the at least one vehicle in the designated set of vehicles.

5. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the user is an administrator for a set of roadways to be used by the at least one vehicle in the designated set of vehicles.

6. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the set of routing parameters further includes collective satisfaction of a group of riders in the designated set of vehicles.

7. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity included in the at least one game-based interface includes at least one of: contests, entertainment games, competitive games, or strategy games.

8. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity included in the at least one game-based interface includes scavenger hunts.

9. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is configured to achieve the reduced noise in the geographical region objective.

10. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is configured to achieve the avoidance of undivided highways objective.

11. The system for transportation of claim 1 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is configured to achieve the avoidance of left turns objective.

12. A system for transportation, comprising:

a cognitive system for routing at least one vehicle within a designated set of vehicles based on a set of routing parameters determined by facilitating peer-to-peer routing coordination among the designated set of vehicles, wherein the peer-to-peer routing coordination includes taking at least one input from at least one game-based interface for a rider of the at least one vehicle in the designated set of vehicles, wherein:

the at least one game-based interface includes a vehicle route preference-affecting game activity through which the rider indicates a routing preference for the at least one vehicle within the designated set of vehicles, and wherein the at least one input from the at least one game-based interface is based on a response of the rider to the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity; and

wherein the at least one game-based interface is to induce the rider to undertake a set of favorable routing choices that is configured to achieve at least one of: a reduced noise in a geographic region objective, an avoidance of undivided highways objective, an avoidance of left turns objective, or an avoidance of driver-operated vehicles objective, and

a vehicle routing system to route the at least one vehicle based on the set of routing parameters.

13. The system for transportation of claim 12 wherein the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity included in the at least one game-based interface includes at least one of: contests, entertainment games, competitive games, or strategy games.

14. The system for transportation of claim 12 wherein the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity included in the at least one game-based interface includes scavenger hunts.

15. The system for transportation of claim 12 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is configured to achieve the reduced noise in the geographic region objective.

16. The system for transportation of claim 12 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is further configured to achieve a collective satisfaction objective.

17. The system for transportation of claim 12 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is further configured to achieve an avoidance of undivided highways objective.

18. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

obtaining a response of a user of at least one vehicle within a designated set of vehicles to a vehicle route preference-affecting game activity included in at least one game-based interface for the user of the at least one vehicle within the designated set of vehicles;

inducing, via the at least one game-based interface, the user to undertake a set of favorable routing choices that is configured to achieve at least one of: a reduced noise in a geographical region objective, an avoidance of undivided highways objective, an avoidance of left turns objective, or an avoidance of driver-operated vehicles objective;

determining, via a cognitive system, a set of routing parameters based on the response of the user to the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity through which the user indicates a routing preference for the at least one vehicle within the designated set of vehicles to facilitate peer-to-peer routing coordination among the designated set of vehicles, wherein the peer-to-peer routing coordination includes taking at least one input from the at least one game-based interface for the user of the at least one vehicle within the designated set of vehicles and wherein the at least one input from the at least one game-based interface is based on the response of the user to the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity; and

routing, via a routing system, the at least one vehicle within the designated set of vehicles based on the set of routing parameters.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 further comprising:

accounting, via the routing system of the at least one vehicle, for the response of the user to the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity when routing the at least one vehicle within the designated set of vehicles.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the at least one game-based interface is disposed for in-vehicle use.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the user is a rider of the at least one vehicle in the designated set of vehicles.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the user is an administrator for a set of roadways to be used by the at least one vehicle in the designated set of vehicles.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is further to achieve a collective satisfaction objective, and wherein the collective satisfaction includes the collective satisfaction of a group of riders in the designated set of vehicles.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity included in the at least one game-based interface includes at least one of: contests, entertainment games, competitive games, or strategy games.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the vehicle route preference-affecting game activity included in the at least one game-based interface includes scavenger hunts.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is configured to achieve the reduced noise in the geographic region objective.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is configured to achieve the avoidance of undivided highways objective.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 wherein the set of favorable routing choices is configured to achieve the avoidance of left turns objective.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2022
From: STRONG FORCE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC
To: STRONG FORCE TP PORTFOLIO 2022, LLC
Reel/Frame 061960/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2020
From: CELLA, CHARLES HOWARD
To: STRONG FORCE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 052753/0215 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2019053857 · Sep 30, 2019
Provisional Application 62739335 · Sep 30, 2018
Related Publication 20200193463A1 · Jun 18, 2020
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