US 11,982,755 B2
Automated system for vehicle tracking
Qiaochu Tang, Frisco, TX (US); Micah Price, The Colony, TX (US); Jason Hoover, Grapevine, TX (US); Geoffrey Dagley, McKinney, TX (US); and Avid Ghamsari, Carrollton, TX (US)
Assigned to Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/107,673.
Application 18/107,673 is a continuation of application No. 17/185,412, filed on Feb. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,585,887.
Application 17/185,412 is a continuation of application No. 16/781,600, filed on Feb. 4, 2020, granted, now 10,962,624, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Application 16/781,600 is a continuation of application No. 16/434,525, filed on Jun. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,591,576, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0184869 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 5/0027 (2013.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G08G 1/205 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30264 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a server, a first identifier corresponding to a smart key storage device of a plurality of smart key storage devices, wherein the server is communicatively connected to the plurality of smart key storage devices;
associating the first identifier corresponding to the smart key storage device with a second identifier corresponding to a vehicle key;
receiving, by the server and from the smart key storage device, an indication that the vehicle key is stored within a storage compartment of the smart key storage device based on a first sensor of the smart key storage device detecting the second identifier corresponding to the vehicle key stored in the storage compartment of the smart key storage device;
associating, based on a request by a user to access the vehicle key, and based on the association between the first identifier and the second identifier, a user record of the user with the vehicle key;
receiving, by the server and from the smart key storage device, an indication that the vehicle key has been removed from the storage compartment based on the first sensor detecting removal of the vehicle key; and
updating the user record to indicate removal of the vehicle key in response to the indication that the vehicle key has been removed.