US 12,469,377 B2
Context-based reminder system for a vehicle
Md Mhafuzul Islam, Warren, MI (US); Arun Adiththan, Sterling Heights, MI (US); and Richard Romano, Shelby Township, MI (US)
Assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/455,973.
Prior Publication US 2025/0069491 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. G08B 21/24 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/26 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC G08B 21/24 (2013.01) [B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/265 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A context-based reminder system that determines a context-based reminder conveyed to an occupant of a vehicle, the context-based reminder system comprising:
a back-end server in wireless communication with one or more controllers that are part of the vehicle by a communication network, wherein the vehicle includes an output device in electronic communication with the one or more controllers, wherein the back-end server executes instructions to:
receive, over the communication network, data indicative of a vehicle-oriented context and a user-oriented context from the one or more controllers of the vehicle;
determine a set of user contextual factors based on the vehicle-oriented context and a set of vehicle contextual factors based on the user-oriented context;
fuse together the set of user contextual factors with the set of vehicle contextual factors to create a set of fused context factors, wherein each fused context factor that is part of the set of fused context factors correspond to at least one potential context-based reminder that is part of a set of context-based reminders;
create a plurality of matched pairs, wherein each matched pair includes a fused context reminder and at least one corresponding potential context-based reminder;
assign a score to each of the plurality of matched pairs based on a clustering algorithm;
compare the score of each matched pair with a threshold score; and
in response to determining the score associated with a matched pair is greater than the threshold score, set the corresponding potential context-based reminder as the context-based reminder, wherein the output device of the vehicle creates a notification to the occupant indicative of the context-based reminder.