Qing Zhi Li

US Patent:

20210019671, Jan 21, 2021

Filed:

Jun 18, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/975471

Inventors:

- Muenchen, DE
Alvin CHIN - Chicago IL, US
Qing LI - Chicago IL, US
Jilei TIAN - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Muenchen

International Classification:

G06Q 10/02
G08G 1/14
H04W 4/021
H04W 4/02
G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

A method for smart parking a connected vehicle is disclosed. The method determines a destination of a user's vehicle based on the user's input or historic travel data of the user. The method receives information on available parking spots in a predefined area near the user's destination based on a parking database. The method receives an input to reserve a desired parking spot among the available parking spots. The method initiates an online check-in of the reserved parking spot in the parking database.

US Patent:

20200143269, May 7, 2020

Filed:

Jan 8, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/736902

Inventors:

- Muenchen, DE
Alvin CHIN - Chicago IL, US
Michael GORELIK - Lake Zurich IL, US
James HU - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Qing LI - Chicago IL, US
Jilei TIAN - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

G06N 5/04
G06N 20/00
G06Q 10/04
G06F 40/30
H04W 4/029

Abstract:

A method for determining a travel destination from user generated content is proposed. The method includes determining a text string in the user generated content that indicates a place or an address. Further, the method includes determining a plurality of potential travel destinations based on the text string. The method additionally includes determining similarities between the plurality of potential travel destinations and a plurality of reference positions assigned to the user, and ranking the plurality of potential travel destinations based on the similarities.