A ridesharing vehicle, comprising a vehicle body; a communications interface within the vehicle body for wirelessly communicating with a remote server configured to electronically receive shared-ride requests from a plurality of users; at least one sensor associated with the vehicle body and configured to detect entry of passengers from the ridesharing vehicle; at least one processor within the vehicle body, the at least one processor being programmed to receive, via the communications interface, information about passengers to be picked up, the received information including a pick-up location and a scheduled number of passengers expected to be picked up at the pick-up location; after arriving at the pick-up location, receive from the at least one sensor a number of passengers actually picked up at the pick-up location; compare the actual number of passengers picked up at the pick-up location with the scheduled number of passengers; and initiate a remedial action when a difference exists between the scheduled number of passengers and the actual number of passengers as detected by the at least one sensor.


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    Title :

    COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ENTERING A RIDESHARING VEHICLE


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    Publication date :

    2020-05-21


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G06Q Datenverarbeitungssysteme oder -verfahren, besonders angepasst an verwaltungstechnische, geschäftliche, finanzielle oder betriebswirtschaftliche Zwecke, sowie an geschäftsbezogene Überwachungs- oder Voraussagezwecke , DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / G07C TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS , Zeit- oder Anwesenheitskontrollgeräte



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