International Business Machines Corporation

Anthony Di Loreto

Steve McDuff

Kyle D Robeson

Ben Z Akselrod

Brett G King

Enzo Cialini

David Richard Godwin

Ciby Mathew

Ronald James Pomeroy

Wallace W Y Chen

In identifying vehicle navigation requirements using augmented reality, one vehicle determines that an event has occurred that concerns operation of the vehicle. The vehicle determines its current location, creates a notification message corresponding to navigation requirements matching the current location and the event, and sends the notification message. Another vehicle receives the notification message. In response, the other vehicle determines its current environment and a correlation between the navigation requirements and the current environment. An augmented reality system of the other vehicle displays alerts for the navigation requirements overlaid on a display of the current environment based on the correlation. I this manner, vehicle drivers are alerted to the navigation requirements applicable in particular locations or jurisdictions.

Using augmented reality to present vehicle navigation requirements

Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for identifying autonomous vehicles that are causing traffic congestion due to anticipation of a pick-up event. The method includes one or more processors obtaining data of one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle. The method further includes obtaining video data of a location that includes the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes determining a route of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the video data of the location that includes the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes determining whether the autonomous vehicle is performing a traffic infraction based at least in part on the route of the autonomous vehicle.

Detecting autonomous vehicles causing increased vehicle queueing

Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for incorporating drive-through wait times into a route calculation. A user often wishes to stop by a drive-through facility on their way to a final destination such as home or work. Disclosed embodiments factor the estimated wait time at the drive-through in determining an optimal travel route. The route is optimized for travel time based on received drive-through criteria.

Route calculations with drive-through wait times

An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for environment based navigation. The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may collect environment map data. The environment map data may include one or more environmental zones. The computing device may receive one or more user environment preferences from a user. The user environment preferences may include a user's preferred environmental zones and non-preferred environmental zones. The computing device may receive a destination from the user and determine one or more routes to the destination. The computing device may compare the one or more determined routes to the environment map data and the user environment preferences and display a list of the determined routes based on the user environment preference data.

Environment based navigation

A method for protecting anonymity of an individual in public is presented. The computer-implemented method may include registering a plurality of facial features associated with the individual, and, in response to capturing an image of the individual from a video stream, determining whether the facial features associated with the individual are registered. The computer-implemented method may further include, in response to the determination that the facial features associated with the individual are registered, obscuring the facial features of the individual captured from the video stream with an unidentifiable image.

Protecting individuals privacy in public through visual opt-out, signal detection, and marker detection

A method, system and computer program product provide assessing environmental conditions outside an autonomous vehicle and recommending modifications for the autonomous vehicle based on a condition. A plurality of possible routes are determined for an autonomous vehicle using a navigational system. Environmental conditions are assessed, and one or more environmental conditions are identified outside the autonomous vehicle related to each of the plurality of possible routes. A determination is made as to when the one or more environmental conditions necessitate a modification of the autonomous vehicle for traveling the respective possible route. One of the possible routes are selected based on a criteria which includes avoiding a greatest number of the environmental conditions which necessitate the modification. The autonomous vehicle is routed along the selected route to a service station for implementing the modification based on the condition related to the selected route.

Assessing environmental conditions and administering a modification to self driven vehicles

A method, system, and computer program product evaluate and mitigate spoilers of entertainment media. A progress of a first user in consuming entertainment media may be tracked. A progress point at which the first user stops consuming the entertainment media may be identified. A second user consuming the entertainment media at a point that is beyond the progress point and within a vicinity of the first user may be detected. An upcoming spoiler for the first user of the entertainment media may be detected by evaluating data of the entertainment media. A mitigating action may be executed in response to detecting the upcoming spoiler.

Media spoiler evaluation and mitigation

A method, computer system, and computer program product for using self-driving autonomous vehicles to form traffic barriers. The method may include receiving, by a processor, an identification of a location of an event. The method may identify a vehicle from an inventory of autonomous vehicles based on one or more criteria. The criteria may include a vehicle location criterion, a vehicle size criterion, a vehicle fuel criterion, or a vehicle availability criterion. The method may include transmitting to the vehicle an instruction to move to a first location. The method may include identifying a perimeter encompassing the location of the event. The method may include identifying a subset of vehicles in the first position and instructing the subset of vehicles to move to a second position. The method may include instructing the subset of vehicles in the second position to move back to the first position.

Self-driving autonomous vehicle as barrier

Tools, methods and systems for detecting and reporting the presence of an obstruction to an AC system of the present disclosure are able to detect the presence of the obstruction using one or more sensors connected to the air conditioning unit and displaying an alert on the computer system of the AC system when the sensors detect the presence of the obstruction. By displaying an alert at the computer system's output device, the presence of the obstruction is brought to the user's attention, allowing the user to take remedial action as needed before initiating the air conditioning system into operation, preventing the obstruction from harming the components of AC system if the system was initiated while the obstruction was still present. Additionally, the AC system may further disable or prevent the operation and initiation of itself when the sensors of the air conditioning system detect the presence of an obstruction.

Air conditioning system obstruction detection

One or more computer processors generate an augmented reality overlay. One or more processors generate an overlay image that includes a tangible content that is within a field of view of an imaging device. The one or more processors generate a shape in the overlay image that is fixed to a set of coordinates, wherein a border of the shape encompasses a tangible content that is included within a field of view of an imaging device. The one or more processors displays the overlay image using an image display device, wherein the shape is displayed as a visible object with a fixed position and orientation.

Overlay for camera field of vision

Systems and methods for generating synchronized multimedia streams including mood data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises: obtaining, by a computing device, one or more primary streams of data; creating, by the computing device, digital mood data that is synchronized with the one or more primary streams of data, wherein the digital mood data is configured for use by a wearable mood device; and storing, by the computing device, the digital mood data in a multimedia container with the one or more primary streams of data.

Synchronized multi-media streams including mood data

A first input is received. The first input is from a first user to one or more second users. The first input includes a text to be sent from the first user to the one or more second users. Whether the text includes a third user is determined. Responsive to determining the text includes the third user, whether a relationship change within a time interval between the one or more second users and the third user is determined. Responsive to determining that there was the relationship change between the one or more second users and the third user, the first user is notified of the relationship change.

Relationship change alert

A device identifies an email address of a recipient listed in an email. The device determines whether the email address is erroneous and based on determining that the email address is erroneous, the device displays a recommended email address to a user.

Method and a system for email address validation

In an approach to location based augmented reality broadcasting, one or more computer processors determine a location of the one or more computing devices. The one or more computer processors determine whether two or more of the one or more computing devices are in the same location. In response to determining whether two or more of the one or more computing devices are in the same location, the one or more computer processors upload a first synchronized augmented reality data stream to the two or more computing devices in the same location.

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