Recreational vehicle interactive telemetry, mapping, and trip planning system

• US 10,584,977 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2016
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Polaris Industries Incorporated (Polaris Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Polaris Industries Incorporated (Polaris Inc.)
• Inventors: Koenig, David J., Tharaldson, Joseph D., Koosmann, Adam C., Wolf, Christopher G., Fisher, William C., Weckert, Kim A., Callahan, John W., Herman, Daren W., Frostad, Todd L., Gustafson, Gary L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwari, Maceeh
• Application Number:
  US15/137,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20160238407A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,415 Days
• Field of Search: 701418
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods

Abstract

An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage includes a server system, including an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information, as well as a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, allowing a rider to create a route based on the data in the off-road trip database. The server system further includes a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group. The server system includes a location data management system configured to receive location data, allowing a rider to publish location information to one or more other riders, and a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication, including information describing an actual route and user data associated with that route.

Claims

1. An application embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the application executable on a computing device and including program instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause the computing device to:

receive user input indicating a request for an off-road route;

determine at least one route variation based at least in part on the off-road route, a skill level of a rider, and trail condition data received from one or more third-party sources;

cause display of a map display including both of the off-road route and the at least one route variation, wherein the map display indicates a skill level corresponding to the at least one route variation compared to a skill level corresponding to the off-road route; and

receive user selection of a desired route selection for traversal.

2. The application of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a mobile device, and wherein the application is a mobile application executable on the mobile device.

3. The application of claim 1, wherein the application is executable within a web browser of the computing device.

4. The application of claim 1, wherein the one or more third-party sources include governmental organizations, rider clubs, weather data providers, and other users.

5. The application of claim 1, wherein the causing display of the map display comprises causing display of a plurality of different, selectable off-road routes.

6. The application of claim 1, wherein the causing display of the map display comprises causing display of an indication corresponding to traversing the at least one route variation by one or more third-party riders.

7. The application of claim 6, wherein the indication includes a review of the at least one route variation based on traversing the at least one route variation by the one or more third-party riders.

8. The application of claim 1, further comprising receiving feedback from the user regarding the desired route selection.

9. An application embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the application executable on a computing device and including program instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause the computing device to:

receive user input indicating a request for an off-road route;

determine at least one alternative route based at least in part on the off-road route, a type of off-road vehicle, and trail condition data received from one or more third-party sources;

cause display of a map display including the off-road route and the at least one alternative route, wherein the map display indicates a type of off-road vehicle corresponding to the at least one alternative route compared to a type of off-road vehicle corresponding to the off-road route; and

receive user selection of a desired route selection for traversal.

10. The application of claim 9, wherein the computing device is a mobile device, and wherein the application is a mobile application executable on the mobile device.

11. The application of claim 9, wherein the application is executable within a web browser of the computing device.

12. The application of claim 9, wherein the one or more third-party sources include governmental organizations, rider clubs, weather data providers, and other users.

13. The application of claim 9, wherein the causing display of the map display comprises causing display of a plurality of different, selectable off-road routes.

14. The application of claim 9, wherein the causing display of the map display comprises causing display of an indication corresponding to traversing the at least one alternative route by one or more third-party riders.

15. The application of claim 14, wherein the indication includes a review of the at least one alternative route based on traversing the at least one alternative route by the one or more third-party riders.

16. The application of claim 9, further comprising receiving feedback from the user regarding the desired route selection.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving user input indicating a request for an off-road route;

determining at least one route variation based at least in part on the off-road route, a skill level of a rider, and trail condition data received from one or more third-party sources;

causing display of a map display including both of the off-road route and the at least one route variation, wherein the map display indicates a skill level corresponding to the at least one route variation compared to a skill level corresponding to the off-road route; and

receiving user selection of a desired route selection for traversal.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more third-party sources include governmental organizations, rider clubs, weather data providers, and other users.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the causing display of the map display comprises causing display of a plurality of different, selectable off-road routes.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the causing display of the map display comprises causing display of an indication corresponding to traversing the at least one route variation by one or more third-party riders.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the indication includes a review of the at least one route variation based on traversing the at least one route variation by the one or more third-party riders.

22. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving feedback from the user regarding the desired route selection.