Systems and methods for determining a reference direction related to a vehicle

• US 10,423,899 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhou, Xiaofen
• Primary Examiner(s): Zanelli, Michael J
• Application Number:
  US15/566,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20190050764A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0285 Parking performed automatically
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for processing at least one service request for an on-demand service. The systems may perform the methods to determine a start location and a destination related to the service request; determine a recommended route based on the start location and the destination; determine a reference direction related to a vehicle based on the recommended route; and send, to at least one provider terminal, data related to the reference direction.

Claims

1. A system configured to be implemented in an online transportation service platform, comprising:

at least one storage medium including a set of instructions for processing at least one service request of a transportation service; and

logic circuits connected to the at least one storage medium, wherein during operation, the logic circuits load the set of instructions and;

obtain a service request of a transportation service sent to the system through a network;

determine a start location and a destination related to the service request;

determine a plurality of candidate routes based on the start location and the destination;

determine a recommended route based on the plurality of candidate routes;

determine a reference direction related to a vehicle based on the recommended route; and

send, to at least one provider terminal, data related to the reference direction.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein to determine the reference direction related to the vehicle based on the recommended route, the logic circuits further;

determine a start direction of he recommended route; and

determine the reference direction related to the vehicle based on the start direction of the recommended route.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein to determine the recommended route based on the plurality of candidate routes, the logic circuits further:

determine a plurality of distances corresponding to the plurality of candidate routes;

rank the plurality of candidate routes based at least in part on the distances to determine a first ranking result; and

determine the recommended route based on the first ranking result.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein to determine the recommended route based on the first ranking result, the logic circuits further:

identify a first distance of the plurality of distances based on the first ranking result; and

select, from the plurality of candidate routes, a first candidate route associated with the first distance as the recommended route.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein to determine the recommended route based on the plurality of candidate routes, the logic circuits further:

determine a plurality of traffic conditions corresponding to the plurality of candidate routes;

rank the plurality of candidate routes based at least in part on the traffic conditions to determine a second ranking result; and

determine the recommended route based on the second ranking result.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein to determine the recommended route based on the second ranking result, the logic circuits further:

identify a first traffic condition of the plurality of traffic conditions based on the second ranking result; and

select, from the plurality of candidate routes, a second candidate route associated with the first traffic condition as the recommended route.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic circuits further:

receive, from a requestor terminal, the service request; and

send, to the requestor terminal, the data related to the reference direction.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data related to the reference direction comprises data for presentation of the reference direction related to the vehicle.

9. A method, comprising:

obtaining, by a processor, a service request of a transportation service through a network,

determining, by the processor, a start location and a destination related to the service request;

determining, by the processor, a plurality of candidate routes based on the start location and the destination;

determining, by the processor, a recommended route based on the plurality of candidate routes;

determining, by the processor, a reference direction related to a vehicle based on the recommended route; and

sending, to at least one provider terminal, data related to the reference direction.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the reference direction related to the vehicle based on the recommended route further comprises:

determining a start direction of the recommended route; and

determining the reference direction related to the vehicle based on the start direction of the recommended route.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the recommended route based on the plurality of candidate routes further comprises:

determining a plurality of distances corresponding to the plurality of candidate routes;

ranking the plurality of candidate routes based at least in part on the distances to determine a first ranking result; and

determining the recommended route based on the first ranking result.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining the recommended route based on the first ranking result further comprises:

identifying a first distance of the plurality of distances based on the first ranking result; and

selecting, from the plurality of candidate routes, a first candidate route associated with the first distance as the recommended route.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the recommended route based on the plurality of candidate routes further comprises:

determining a plurality of traffic conditions corresponding to the plurality of candidate routes;

ranking the plurality of candidate routes based at least in part on the traffic conditions to determine a second ranking result; and

determining the recommended route based on the second ranking result.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein determining the recommended route based on the second ranking result further comprises:

identifying a first traffic condition of the plurality of traffic conditions based on the second ranking result; and

selecting, from the plurality of candidate routes, a second candidate route associated with the first traffic condition as the recommended route.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, from a requestor terminal, the service request; and

sending, to the requestor terminal, the data related to the reference direction.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the data related to the reference direction comprises data for presentation of the reference direction related to the vehicle.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to effectuate a method comprising:

obtaining a service request of a transportation service through a network;

determining a start location and a destination related to the service request;

determining a plurality of candidate routes based on the start location and the destination;

determining a recommended route based on the plurality of candidate routes;

determining a reference direction related to a vehicle based on the recommended route; and

sending, to at least one provider terminal, data related to the reference direction.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the method further comprising:

determining a start direction of the recommended route; and

determining the reference direction related to the vehicle based on the start direction of the recommended route.