INTERACTIVE PATH PLANNING WITH DYNAMIC COSTING
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying a route and a cost of constructing the route in an interactive route design interface;
receiving an adjustment to the route;
calculating an updated cost of the route with the adjustment; and
displaying the updated cost in the interactive route design interface in substantially real time.
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Abstract
An interactive path planning system supports a designer'"'"'s efforts to manually optimize routes for cost, constructability, environmental considerations, and the like. This permits a user to manually seek optimizations of a route cost that are not be available through automated cost optimization algorithms and techniques. Moreover, this may permit the user to experiment with alternate route paths while being provided with cost information via the interface. The interface may provide cost calculations based upon the true route geometry that will be employed to physically construct the route, rather than a computational model employed during an interactive design process.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying a route and a cost of constructing the route in an interactive route design interface; receiving an adjustment to the route; calculating an updated cost of the route with the adjustment; and displaying the updated cost in the interactive route design interface in substantially real time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method comprising:
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receiving a description of a route; automatically optimizing the route according to a cost; displaying the route and the cost; receiving a manual adjustment to the route; calculating an updated cost of the route with the manual adjustment in substantially real time; and displaying an updated cost in substantially real time. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A method comprising:
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displaying a three-dimensional model of a terrain; receiving a description of a route including a series of straight elements joined by a plurality of intersection points within the three-dimensional model; automatically inserting one or more curves that conform to a design standard at each one of the plurality of intersection points; automatically inserting one or more elements along the route, the one or more elements including at least one of a bridge, a tunnel, a retaining wall, and a stepped batter slope, and each one of the one or more elements selected according to a cost of the element as constructed in the terrain; calculating a cost of the route, including the one or more curves and the one or more elements in substantially real time, and displaying the cost. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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