METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ADVANCED INDICATIONS TO A VEHICLE'S DRIVER
First Claim
1. A method for providing a driver of a vehicle with an advanced indication that one or more road segments being low service level road segments are located along the driver'"'"'s route, wherein said method comprising:
- a) detecting the vehicle'"'"'s current location and based on the detected location, identifying at least one road segment that said driver is about to reach;
b) for each of said at least one road segment identified, retrieving values of one or more driving performance parameters associated therewith;
c) evaluating whether any of the retrieved values of said one or more driving performance parameters exceeds a pre-defined threshold thereof, and based on that evaluation, determining whether any of the at least one road segment identified, might present a segment of a too low service level; and
d) providing the driver with an advanced indication for any of the at least one road segment which has been determined as being a segment of a too low service level for the driver.
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Abstract
A method is described for providing an advanced indication to a driver that a road segment which will require his attention is located along his route. The method comprising: a) detecting the vehicle'"'"'s current location and identifying a road segment that the driver is about to reach; b) for the identified road segment, retrieving values of driving performance parameters associated therewith; c) evaluating whether any of the retrieved values exceeds a pre-defined threshold, and based on that evaluation, determining whether the identified road segment is a low service level segment and thus would require the driver'"'"'s attention; and d) providing the driver with an advanced indication indicating the road segment which has been determined as being a segment of a low service level for the driver.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a driver of a vehicle with an advanced indication that one or more road segments being low service level road segments are located along the driver'"'"'s route, wherein said method comprising:
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a) detecting the vehicle'"'"'s current location and based on the detected location, identifying at least one road segment that said driver is about to reach; b) for each of said at least one road segment identified, retrieving values of one or more driving performance parameters associated therewith; c) evaluating whether any of the retrieved values of said one or more driving performance parameters exceeds a pre-defined threshold thereof, and based on that evaluation, determining whether any of the at least one road segment identified, might present a segment of a too low service level; and d) providing the driver with an advanced indication for any of the at least one road segment which has been determined as being a segment of a too low service level for the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A device adapted to be installed in a vehicle and to provide a driver of said vehicle with an advanced indication that one or more road segments identified as low service level segments are located along the driver'"'"'s route, wherein the device comprising:
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I. location means operative to detect the vehicle'"'"'s current location; II. transceiver operative to communicate with a remote system and to; i. provide said remote system with information that relates to the vehicle current location; and ii. receive values of one or more driving performance parameters associated with at least one road segment that is located along the vehicle'"'"'s route; III. processor operative to; i. evaluate whether any of the received values of the one or more driving performance parameters exceeds a pre-defined threshold thereof; and ii. based on step a, determine whether any of the at least one road segment located along the vehicle route is identified as a low service level segment; and IV. indication provisioning means operative to provide the driver with an advanced indication for any of the at least one road segment which has been determined as a segment identified as a low service level segment. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable medium storing a computer program for performing a set of instructions to be executed by one or more computer processors, the computer program is adapted to provide a driver of a vehicle with an advanced warning, indicating that one or more road segments that are low service level segments are located along the driver'"'"'s route, and comprising the steps of:
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identify at least one road segment that the driver is about to reach based on the vehicle'"'"'s current location; retrieve values of one or more driving performance parameters associated with each of the at least one road segment identified; evaluate whether any of the retrieved values of the one or more driving performance parameters exceeds a pre-defined threshold thereof and based on that evaluation, determine whether any of the at least one road segment identified is a low service level segment; and enable providing the driver with an advanced indication for any of the at least one road segment which has been determined as a segment that might require the driver'"'"'s specific attention. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps for providing a driver of a vehicle with an advanced indication that one or more road segments being low service level road segments are located along the driver'"'"'s route, wherein said steps comprise:
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detecting the vehicle'"'"'s current location and based on the detected location, identifying at least one road segment that said driver is about to reach; for each of said at least one road segment identified, retrieving values of one or more driving performance parameters associated therewith; evaluating whether any of the retrieved values of said one or more driving performance parameters exceeds a pre-defined threshold thereof, and based on that evaluation, determining whether any of the at least one road segment identified, might present a segment of a too low service level; and providing the driver with an advanced indication for any of the at least one road segment which has been determined as being a segment of a too low service level for the driver. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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