ROAD SEGMENT SAFETY RATING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A road segment safety rating system, comprising:
- a computing device associated with a vehicle, the computing device comprising one or more processors and at least one non-transitory memory device storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to;
identify a start location and an end location of at least one route to be traveled by a vehicle based, at least in part, on information provided by a user of a mobile device;
determine, based on the start location and the end location, at least two road segments from the start location to the end location wherein the at least two road segments comprise different routes between the start location and the end location;
determine, based on historical data, a safety rating for each of the at least two road segments from the start location to the end location; and
provide, via a user interface device, an indication of the safety rating for each of the at least two road segments to an operator of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining a safest road segment for traveling between a first location and a second location are provided. In some cases, the road segment safety rating may be determined for a plurality of road segments between the first location and the second location based on historical data associated with the road segments (e.g., accident history data, traffic volume data, etc.) and/or based on driving behavior data of the operator of the vehicle. An indication of the road segment determined as being the safest may be provided to the operator of the vehicle. An actual route of travel of the vehicle can be captured and compared to the safest route. If the vehicle has traveled the safest route, the operator may earn an award. If not, the operator may be notified that an award may be earned when an indicated safest route is traveled.
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20 Claims
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1. A road segment safety rating system, comprising:
a computing device associated with a vehicle, the computing device comprising one or more processors and at least one non-transitory memory device storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to; identify a start location and an end location of at least one route to be traveled by a vehicle based, at least in part, on information provided by a user of a mobile device; determine, based on the start location and the end location, at least two road segments from the start location to the end location wherein the at least two road segments comprise different routes between the start location and the end location; determine, based on historical data, a safety rating for each of the at least two road segments from the start location to the end location; and provide, via a user interface device, an indication of the safety rating for each of the at least two road segments to an operator of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A personal mobile device comprising:
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a processor; a user interface device communicably coupled to the processor; and at least one non-transitory memory device storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile device to; receive, via the user interface device, a first location corresponding to a location along a route to be traveled by a vehicle; determine, based on the first location and a second location that corresponds to a location of the vehicle, a plurality of road segments between the first location and the second location wherein the plurality of road segments comprise different routes between the first location and the second location; determine, based at least in part on historical data, a safety rating for each of the plurality of road segments; and provide, via the user interface device, an indication of a safest road segment of the plurality of road segments to an operator of the vehicle, wherein the safest road segment is determined using the safety rating determined for each of the plurality of road segments. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A road segment safety rating system, comprising:
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a mobile computing device associated with a vehicle, the mobile computing device comprising; one or more first processors; a location detection unit communicatively coupled to the processor; and at least one first non-transitory memory device storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the mobile computing device to; identify a start location and an end location of at least one route to be traveled by a vehicle based, at least in part, on information provided by a user of the mobile computing device; and communicate, via a telecommunications network, the start location and the end location to a remote server; the remote server comprising; one or more second processors; and at least one second non-transitory memory device storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the remote server to; determine, based on the start location and the end location, a plurality of road segments from the start location to the end location wherein the plurality of road segments comprise different routes between the start location and the end location; determine, based on historical data, a safety rating for each of the plurality of road segments; and transfer, via the network to the mobile computing device, an indication of the safety rating for each of the plurality of road segments for display to the user of the mobile computing device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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