ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE TRAVEL ROUTING
First Claim
1. A method for generating a travel route for a vehicle from a first location of the vehicle to a second location, comprising calculating a travel route from the first location to the second location, wherein the travel route is based on an environmental effect of the vehicle during the travel route.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to automated travel planning and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for generating travel routes. A method for generating a travel route for a vehicle from a first location of the vehicle to a second location can be provided. The method can include comprising calculating a travel route from the first location to the second location, wherein the travel route is based on an environmental effect of the vehicle during the travel route. In one alternative, calculating the environmental effect of the vehicle during the travel route can be executed by calculating emissions of the vehicle during the travel route. In another alternative, the travel route comprises calculating a series of travel segments along said travel route, and the environmental effect of the vehicle during the travel route is calculated by determining a type of environment for each of the travel segments of the travel route.
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- 1. A method for generating a travel route for a vehicle from a first location of the vehicle to a second location, comprising calculating a travel route from the first location to the second location, wherein the travel route is based on an environmental effect of the vehicle during the travel route.
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6. A computer system comprising a server for generating a travel route for a vehicle from a first location of the vehicle to a second location, comprising:
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an interface for receiving the first location of the vehicle and the second location; a repository for storing travel segments for a geographical area; and a processor configured for; calculating a travel route from the first location to the second location, wherein the travel route comprises a series of travel segments and wherein the travel route is based on an environmental effect of the vehicle on each of the travel segments. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for generating a travel route for a vehicle from a first location of the vehicle to a second location, comprising:
computer usable program code for calculating a travel route from the first location to the second location, wherein the travel route is based on an environmental effect of the vehicle during the travel route. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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16. A method for generating a travel route for a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving a first location of the vehicle and a second location of the vehicle; calculating a travel route for the vehicle from the first location to the second location, wherein a travel route comprises a series of travel segments, and wherein the travel route is optimized so as to minimize an environmental effect of the vehicle upon each of the travel segments. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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