IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,659,038
Granted Patent B2
US 11,659,038 · App. 17/202,933 · Granted May 23, 2023

Smart vehicle

Inventor: Ha Q Tran (Saratoga, CA)
H04L67/12B60W40/02B60W40/09G01S13/88G06Q50/30
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Patent No.
US 11,659,038
App. No.
17/202,933
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Smart car operations provide information or entertainment content for a person by detecting when a person is alone in a car, adjusting a speech recognizer in the car to focus capturing speech from the person's position in the car; playing content in the car as requested by the person; when the person exits the car and enters a building, transferring the speech recognizer from the car to a building speech recognizer along with a current play state of the content; and resuming playing the content on a device in the house on request without interruption.

Claims (36)

1. A method to provide information or entertainment content for a person, comprising:

detecting a position of a person in a car, adjusting a speech recognizer in the car to focus capturing speech from the person's position in the car;

playing a content in the car as requested by the person;

when the person exits the car and enters a building, automatically transferring the speech recognition from the car to a building speech recognizer along with a current play state of the content and the content or a link to the content; and

resuming playing the content on a device in the building on request without interruption.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer is based on data stored on a mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein data is communicated over a wireless network connecting the car to the device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data transferred includes a resume point of texting, social network communication, email, or chat.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data transferred includes a resume point of in a word processor, a software application, an augmented reality, or a virtual reality application.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising playing AR/VR content while the person is exercising in the car.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a seat in a car can swivel to provide two rows of facing seats.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising sharing the car with other users based on a selected time of day, with peak hours more expensive than off-peak hours.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising time-sharing is based on a selected time period to enable a user to try different cars during the selected time period.

10. The method of claim 1 , comprising detecting emotion, drowsiness or fatigue from a combination facial expression, hand gesture, and heart rate or breathing rate.

11. The method of claim 1 , comprising parking the car.

12. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving data from a multi-focal camera and a radar on a front of the car.

13. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving data from a multi-focal camera and a lidar on a front of the car.

14. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving data from a multi-focal camera on a front of the car and side cameras and rear cameras.

15. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving data from a trifocal camera.

16. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving data from one or more thermal cameras can be positioned on the car to detect objects at dusk or night.

17. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving data from a sonar sensors on the side or rear of the car to detect a stationary obstacle or vacant spot.

18. The method of claim 1 , comprising generating a 3D model of an environment.

19. A method to provide information or entertainment content for a person, comprising:

adjusting a speech recognizer in the car to focus capturing speech from the person's position in the car;

playing content in the car as requested by the person;

when the person exits the car and enters a building, transferring the speech recognition from the car to a building speech recognizer along with a current play state of the content; and

resuming playing the content on a device in the house on request without interruption, comprising:

using a mobile application to communicate with the car;

sending a parking instruction to the car through the mobile application;

moving the car to an open parking spot;

applying a neural network to sensor data and parking the car; and

upon a summon from the mobile application, autonomously driving from the parking spot to a person based on a position of the mobile application to pick up the person.

20. A method to provide information or entertainment content for a person, comprising:

adjusting a speech recognizer in the car to focus capturing speech from the person's position in the car and playing content in the car as requested by the person;

when the person exits the car and enters a building, transferring the speech recognition from the car to a building speech recognizer along with a current play state of the content; and

resuming playing the content on a device in the house on request without interruption, wherein the car an extendable jack with rolling wheels at the bottom to facilitate lateral parking movement into a tight parking spot as guided by side sensors including sonar and camera sensors.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 16744837 · Jan 16, 2020
Continuation 16574065 · Sep 17, 2019
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