SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ROUTE GUIDANCE

• US 20130261960A1
• Filed: 03/29/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC (Conduent, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Wu, Wencheng, Dalal, Edul N.
• Granted Patent: US 8,868,339 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/465
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries

Abstract

A system and method for informing commuters of real-time time of arrival and cost information with respect to one or more routes prior to commencement of a trip. Reserved lane information (e.g., toll charge, traffic speeds in the reserved and general lanes, etc.) can be integrated with a data feed provided to, for example, navigation enabled devices such as in-car guidance systems or mobile phones. Time of arrival information with respect to the destination can be provided based on wireless data indicative of traffic conditions and highway speed limit information. Additionally, real-time toll charges can be provided to the commuter for multiple routes.

Claims

1. A system for dynamic route guidance, said system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to said processor; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for;

determining a plurality of routes from an origin location to a destination location prior to commencing a trip between said origin location and said destination location, said plurality of routes comprising a plurality of segments;

receiving real-time toll charge information with respect to each segment among said plurality of segments prior to commencement of said trip; and

displaying said plurality of routes for selection prior to commencement of said trip, wherein a total toll charge is displayed with respect to each route among said plurality of routes.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one of:

a navigation device, a mobile phone, and a portable computer.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said origin location comprises a current location.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said instructions are further configured for determining said current location by at least one of:

satellite-based global positioning, mobile phone triangulation, and inertial navigation.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said instructions are further configured for receiving real-time traffic information.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said instructions are further configured for displaying an estimated time of arrival with respect to each route among said plurality of routes.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said instructions are further configured for receiving preference parameters.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said instructions are further configured for displaying said plurality of routes based on said preference parameters.

9. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a process to perform dynamic route guidance, said code comprising code to:

determine a plurality of routes from an origin location to a destination location prior to commencing a trip between said origin location and said destination location, said plurality of routes comprising a plurality of segments;

receive real-time toll charge information with respect to each segment among said plurality of segments prior to commencement of said trip; and

display said plurality of routes for selection prior to commencement of said trip, wherein a total toll charge is displayed with respect to each route among said plurality of routes.

10. The processor-readable medium of claim 9 wherein said origin location comprises a current location.

11. The processor-readable medium of claim 10 wherein said code further comprises code to determine said current location by at least one of:

satellite-based global positioning, mobile phone triangulation, and inertial navigation.

12. The processor-readable medium of claim 9 wherein said code further comprises code to receive real-time traffic information.

13. The processor-readable medium of claim 9 wherein said code further comprises code to display an estimated time of arrival for each route among said plurality of routes.

14. The processor-readable medium of claim 9 wherein said code further comprises code to receive preference parameters.

15. The processor-readable medium of claim 14 wherein said code further comprises code to display said plurality of routes based on said preference parameters.

16. A computer-implemented method for dynamic route guidance, said method comprising:

determining a plurality of routes from an origin location to a destination location prior to commencing a trip between said origin location and said destination location, wherein said plurality of routes comprises a plurality of segments by executing a program instruction in a computer system;

receiving real-time toll charge information for each segment among said plurality of segments prior to commencement of said trip by executing a program instruction in a computer system; and

displaying said plurality of routes for selection prior to commencement of said trip, wherein a total toll charge is displayed for each route among said plurality of routes by executing a program instruction in a computer system.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising configuring said origin location comprising a current location.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising determining said current location by at least one of:

satellite-based global positioning, mobile phone triangulation, and inertial navigation.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising receiving real-time traffic information.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising receiving preference parameters.