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VEHICLE ROUTE CALCULATION

  • US 20120226391A1
  • Filed: 03/02/2012
  • Published: 09/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for determining a most likely actual route traveled by a fleet vehicle based on historical vehicle status data received from the fleet vehicle at a plurality of time instances, the system comprising:

  • a computer system comprising computer hardware programmed to implement a vehicle route calculation module configured to at least;

    generate a vehicle management user interface;

    output the vehicle management user interface for presentation to a user, the vehicle management user interface comprising a virtual road map;

    receive a selection by a user of a vehicle in a vehicle fleet from the vehicle management user interface;

    receive a selection by a user of a time period of travel of the vehicle from the vehicle management user interface for the purposes of calculating an estimated actual route traveled by the vehicle over the time period;

    in response to receiving the selection of the vehicle and the time period of travel;

    obtain vehicle status information corresponding to telematics data received from the vehicle at a plurality of time instances within the time period of travel, the telematics data comprising vehicle position data, andobtain map information comprising road data corresponding to the vehicle position data;

    identify estimated vehicle position locations on roads identified from the road data at the plurality of time instances by comparing characteristics of the vehicle status information with the road data;

    calculate an estimated actual route traveled by the fleet vehicle between the vehicle position locations; and

    output a representation of the estimated actual route traveled by the vehicle for presentation on the virtual road map.

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