US 11,699,206 B2
Augmented reality vehicle identification with visual light communication
David Michael Herman, Oak Park, MI (US); and Nicholas Scheufler, Flat Rock, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/786,849.
Prior Publication US 2021/0250178 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/48 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3247 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04L 9/3073 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); B60Q 1/482 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 5/00 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 2209/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for generating a vehicle identification using a mobile device, comprising:
connecting a mobile device application with a ridehailing application server;
connecting a vehicle computing system associated with a vehicle to the ridehailing application server, wherein the vehicle is a ridehail vehicle assigned to a user associated with the mobile device application;
sending, via the mobile device, a vehicle identification (ID) request message to a vehicle computing system, the vehicle ID request message to establish a visual light connection (VLC) between the vehicle and the mobile device;
identifying the vehicle via a vehicle ID and a cryptographic vehicle key of a cryptographic key pair;
determining that an intermittent or temporary obstruction exists between the vehicle and the mobile device;
sending, by the vehicle and based on the determination that the intermittent or temporary obstruction exists, the vehicle ID and the cryptographic vehicle key to a second vehicle; and
identifying, by the mobile device, a light communication emission comprising the cryptographic vehicle key, wherein the light communication emission is generated using an interior cabin light of the second vehicle instead of the vehicle.