Granted Patent B2

US 12,651,282 · App. 18/544,968 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Inventors: Donald K. Grimm (Utica, MI); Manoj Kumar Sharma (Troy, MI); Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan (Macomb, MI); Maureen Elizabeth August (Gross Pointe Woods, MI)

Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

G06Q30/0278B60R25/241B60R25/305G06F21/36G06Q30/0633G06Q30/0645G06Q40/03G08G1/205B60R2325/205

Abstract

Claims (48)

1 . A method enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent, comprising:

identifying a user as the user approaches a vehicle;

activating a display to present features of the vehicle on a window of the vehicle for viewing by the user;

receiving a request from the user entered by a user interaction with the display;

authenticating user data entered by the user;

reading a user identification document defining the user data employing a vehicle camera;

submitting data of the identification document to a credit agency to obtain a credit authorization of the user;

authorizing a test drive of the vehicle upon receipt of a positive response to the submitting of data;

monitoring an inward-looking camera to identify user activity during the authorized test drive and to generate a vehicle interior view for the display; and

displaying vehicle information on a portable display remote from the vehicle, wherein the vehicle information includes the vehicle interior view and activity of the user during the authorized test drive captured by the inward-looking camera.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further including:

generating a digital key for operating the vehicle upon receipt of the positive response; and

identifying an availability of the digital key to the user via the display.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further including:

employing vehicle sensors to monitor the test drive; and

saving summary data of the test drive to a log device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further including commanding cessation of the test drive upon identification of violation of a predetermined criteria.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further including employing user gesture recognition defining the user interaction.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further including reading a user driver license as the user identification document presented to a camera of the vehicle by the user.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further including:

initiating a purchase request or a lease request of the vehicle including submitting data entered by the user to a credit validation system to obtain a credit authorization of the user; and

reporting a response from the credit validation system to a vehicle administrator and/or to the user.

8 . A system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent, comprising:

at least one sensor identifying a user approach to a vehicle;

a vehicle window display activated to present features of the vehicle for viewing by the user;

a portable display activated to present vehicle information remote from the vehicle;

a user gesture recognition system receiving a request from the user by a user interaction with the vehicle window display;

wherein a user identification document confirmation used to is authenticate the user;

wherein a user test drive of the vehicle is authorized when the user identification document confirmation is received;

an inward-looking camera providing the vehicle information during the authorized user test drive, wherein the vehicle information includes image data of the user present in the vehicle and identifying features of the vehicle interior, and wherein the vehicle information is presented on the vehicle window display and the portable display; and

an outward-looking camera identifying gestures made by the user applied to activate the vehicle window display and/or to modify content of the vehicle window display.

9 . The system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent of claim 8 , including a digital key generated for operating the vehicle upon receipt of the user identification document confirmation.

10 . The system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent of claim 8 , including a cell phone code-based confirmation generated as the user identification document confirmation.

11 . The system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent of claim 8 , including an audio system audibly describing the features of the vehicle to the user.

12 . The system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent of claim 8 , including a remote system interacting via a reservation and tracking interface, the remote system providing a communication path with the vehicle including to transfer a remote vehicle enable/disable command, the remote system also receiving a vehicle tracking data set from the vehicle to locate the vehicle.

13 . The system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent of claim 8 , wherein the features of the vehicle include a projected content including vehicle make and model information, vehicle pricing information, vehicle build information, vehicle feature information and special sale information.

14 . A system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent, comprising:

at least one sensor identifying a user as the user approaches a vehicle;

a vehicle window display activated to present features of the vehicle for viewing by the user;

a portable display activated to present vehicle information remote from the vehicle;

a user gesture recognition system receiving a request from the user by user interaction with the vehicle window display;

wherein a user identification document confirmation used to is authenticate the user;

wherein a user test drive of the vehicle authorized is when the user identification document confirmation is received;

an inward-looking camera providing the vehicle information during the authorized user test drive, wherein the vehicle information includes image data of the user present in the vehicle and identifying features of the vehicle interior, and wherein the vehicle information is presented on the vehicle window display and the portable display;

an outward-looking camera identifying gestures made by the user applied to activate the vehicle window display and/or to modify content of the vehicle window display; and

a user sale, lease or rent of the vehicle authorized when the user identification document confirmation is received.

15 . The system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent of claim 14 , including a computer having vehicle on-board inputs including a computer vision input, an eye tracker input, a vehicle acceleration input, an external camera input, an automated driving system input and an external sensor input.

16 . The system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent of claim 15 , the computer further including vehicle off-board inputs including a vehicle to everything (V2X) input, a dedicated short range communication (DSRC) input, an internet and cellular input, a road database input, a global positioning system input and a directional audio input.

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