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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2019
Applicants:

Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);

Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;

Inventors:

Robert Wunsche, III, Clarkston, MI (US);

Mustafa Mahmoud, Northville, MI (US);

Assignees:

DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system are disclosed and include assigning a vehicle to a user. The method also includes obtaining contextual information associated with the vehicle-sharing request, and the contextual information includes at least one of location information associated with the vehicle-sharing request, route information associated with the vehicle-sharing request, and user information associated with a vehicle-sharing account corresponding to the user. The method also includes determining a cleanliness score based on the contextual information and determining whether the cleanliness score is less than a first threshold value. The method also includes transmitting, in response to (i) the cleanliness score being less than the first threshold value and (ii) a vehicle-sharing session corresponding to the vehicle-sharing request being complete, an alert that is configured to indicate that the vehicle needs to be cleaned.


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