CALCULATING SPEED AND TRAVEL TIMES WITH TRAVEL DELAYS

• US 20130304348A1
• Filed: 07/12/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United Parcel Service Of America Incorporated (United Parcel Service Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: United Parcel Service Of America Incorporated (United Parcel Service Incorporated)
• Inventors: DAVIDSON, MARK J., SCHENKEN, CHRISTOPHER T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,287 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/99
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/052 with provision for determining speed or overspeed speed measuring in general G01P
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching

Abstract

Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for forecasting travel delays corresponding to streets, street segments, geographic areas, geofenced areas, and/or user-specified criteria. And from the forecasted travel delays, speed and travel times that take into account such travel delays can be determined.

Claims

1. A method for determining an average speed, the method comprising:

identifying, via one or more processors, telematics data associated with a vehicle that traveled from an origin location to an end location;

identifying, via the one or more processors, an indication of a loss of location information associated with a first intermediate location and an indication of an acquisition of location information associated with a second intermediate location, the first and second intermediate locations traveled en route from the origin location to the end location;

determining, via the one or more processors, a distance traveled from the origin location to the end location, the determined distance traveled excluding the distance traveled from the first intermediate location to the second intermediate location;

determining, via the one or more processors, a time of travel for traveling from the origin location to the end location, the determined time of travel excluding the time of travel from the first intermediate location to the second intermediate location; and

determining, via the one or more processors, an average speed for traveling from the origin location to the end location based at least in part on the determined distance traveled and the determined time of travel.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying travel delay information associated with traveling from the origin location to the end location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the travel delay information comprises a value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance associated with at least one of the origin location or the end location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance associated with at least one of the origin location or the end location is determined by receiving operational data comprising the vehicle telematics data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance comprises a miles traveled per travel delay minute value.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the travel delay segments are identified by:

segmenting the operational data into a plurality of activity segments representing periods of time classified according to vehicle activity or service activity, the activity segments comprising start of trip segments, travel segments, and end of trip segments; and

identifying, based at least in part on the operational data, segments of engine idle time occurring during one of the travel segments and designating the identified engine idle segments as travel delay segments.

7. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

identify telematics data associated with a vehicle that traveled from an origin location to an end location;

identify an indication of a loss of location information associated with a first intermediate location and an indication of an acquisition of location information associated with a second intermediate location, the first and second intermediate locations traveled en route from the origin location to the end location;

determine a distance traveled from the origin location to the end location, the determined distance traveled excluding the distance traveled from the first intermediate location to the second intermediate location;

determine a time of travel for traveling from the origin location to the end location, the determined time of travel excluding the time of travel from the first intermediate location to the second intermediate location; and

determine an average speed for traveling from the origin location to the end location based at least in part on the determined distance traveled and the determined time of travel.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to identify travel delay information associated with traveling from the origin location to the end location.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the travel delay information comprises a value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance associated with at least one of the origin location or the end location.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance associated with at least one of the origin location or the end location is determined by the apparatus by receiving operational data comprising the vehicle telematics data.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance comprises a miles traveled per travel delay minute value.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the travel delay segments are identified by the apparatus by:

segmenting the operational data into a plurality of activity segments representing periods of time classified according to vehicle activity or service activity, the activity segments comprising start of trip segments, travel segments, and end of trip segments; and

identifying, based at least in part on the operational data, segments of engine idle time occurring during one of the travel segments and designating the identified engine idle segments as travel delay segments.

13. A computer program product for determining an average speed, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable portion configured to identify telematics data associated with a vehicle that traveled from an origin location to an end location;

an executable portion configured to identify an indication of a loss of location information associated with a first intermediate location and an indication of an acquisition of location information associated with a second intermediate location, the first and second intermediate locations traveled en route from the origin location to the end location;

an executable portion configured to determine a distance traveled from the origin location to the end location, the determined distance traveled excluding the distance traveled from the first intermediate location to the second intermediate location;

an executable portion configured to determine a time of travel for traveling from the origin location to the end location, the determined time of travel excluding the time of travel from the first intermediate location to the second intermediate location; and

an executable portion configured to determine an average speed for traveling from the origin location to the end location based at least in part on the determined distance traveled and the determined time of travel.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising an executable portion configured to identify travel delay information associated with traveling from the origin location to the end location.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the travel delay information comprises a value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance associated with at least one of the origin location or the end location.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance associated with at least one of the origin location or the end location is determined by computer program product by receiving operational data comprising the vehicle telematics data.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the value indicative of the average amount of travel delay time per unit of distance comprises a miles traveled per travel delay minute value.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the travel delay segments are identified by the computer program product by:

segmenting the operational data into a plurality of activity segments representing periods of time classified according to vehicle activity or service activity, the activity segments comprising start of trip segments, travel segments, and end of trip segments; and

identifying, based at least in part on the operational data, segments of engine idle time occurring during one of the travel segments and designating the identified engine idle segments as travel delay segments.