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US12111174B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Mark Foligno · Berlin, DE
• Jochen Gross · Erlangen, DE
• Thilo Koslowski · Marbach am Neckar, DE
• Don Metzler · Co-op Village, US
• Thorsten Hayer · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 8, 2024
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06N20/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A personal virtual agent for journey planning for a user of a vehicle, having a central processing unit, a user interface device for communication with at least one user-specific information memory, a vehicle interface device for communication with at least one vehicle-specific information memory, and a route interface device for communication with at least one information memory for routes. The central processing unit is embodied to take into consideration information from the user-specific information memory and/or information from the vehicle-specific information memory (to receive at least one route from the information memory for routes, and to take into consideration the information from the user-specific information memory and the information from the vehicle-specific information memory to select a route.