Of brilliant ideas Xiaomi it has, we cannot say the opposite. There are hundreds of patents which, if accepted, could make life easier for all users. But sometimes, to fully understand the functionality of these projects, you need to understand how life in China works. We say this because one of the most common things in Middle-earth is to make use of DiDi. These are a kind of Uber, but present in a much more massive way. Well, Xiaomi wants to solve one of the most common problems when calling a DiDi, which is to give priority to users with a low smartphone battery. Let's see how.
Xiaomi thinks of a way to revolutionize taxi mobility: this patent aims to give priority to those who have an empty smartphone
DiDi's system works very simply. Having the GPS active, through the app of the same name, you choose a standard of car with which you want to reach a destination. Regardless of the level chosen, the driver (taxi or not) will arrive at our location and load us into the car. However, sometimes it may be necessary wait a few minutes too many as the closest driver is already busy on a ride before us. Xiaomi, with a recent patent, can avoid this problem as long as we have a low smartphone battery. Below is the extract of the patent translated from Chinese through Google Lens.
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When booking the DiDi (taxi, luxury driver, minivan or whatever), the system will inform the driver of the vehicle how much battery is left to the user's smartphone. Based on this, if there are other users in the queue waiting to be uploaded, it will “rank up” for be loaded first. This solution is really convenient especially in a context like the Chinese one where the smartphone is really used for anything and the probability of running out of battery is very high.
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