SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING TURNS MADE BY A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A system for assessing turns made by at least one vehicle, said system comprising:
- one or more memory storage areas; and
one or more processors in communication with said one or more memory storage areas;
wherein said processors are, collectively, configured to;
receive, from one or more vehicle telematics devices located on the at least one vehicle, vehicle telematics data indicative of a historical travel path of the vehicle during one or more historical time periods;
identify, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, one or more turns executed by the vehicle during the one or more historical time periods, the one or more turns each comprising instances in which the vehicle executes a turn in order to change from (i) traveling in a first direction to (ii) traveling in a second direction;
determine for each identified turn a turn segment comprising;
a beginning turn point comprising a telematics data point occurring before the successive telematics data points;
an ending turn point comprising a telematics data point occurring after the successive telematics data points; and
one or more turn segment attributes selected from;
the time elapsed between the beginning turn point and ending turn point; and
a turn type indicating where the identified turn segment occurs by;
identifying, based at least in part on a telematics data point corresponding to the identified turn segment, a location of the turn segment;
comparing the location of the turn segment against map data to identify one or more roads located at the location of the turn segment; and
determining a turn type for the turn segment;
receive a user request for analysis of turns corresponding to one or more identified turn types;
identify those turn segments identified as one of the identified turn types; and
generate a graphical display comprising a map illustrating the location of the identified turn segments and displaying one or more of the turn segment attributes of said identified turn segments.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a systems and methods for assessing turns made by one or more vehicles. According to various embodiments, the system is configured to identify, based telematics data captured from the vehicles, turns executed by the vehicle during a particular time period. The system is further configured to analyze the identified turns to determine and display various turn segment attributes to a user in order to provide an indication of turns having an abnormal or excessive duration and/or to provide overall efficiency-indicative information relating to the vehicle turns.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for assessing turns made by at least one vehicle, said system comprising:
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one or more memory storage areas; and one or more processors in communication with said one or more memory storage areas;
wherein said processors are, collectively, configured to;receive, from one or more vehicle telematics devices located on the at least one vehicle, vehicle telematics data indicative of a historical travel path of the vehicle during one or more historical time periods; identify, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, one or more turns executed by the vehicle during the one or more historical time periods, the one or more turns each comprising instances in which the vehicle executes a turn in order to change from (i) traveling in a first direction to (ii) traveling in a second direction; determine for each identified turn a turn segment comprising; a beginning turn point comprising a telematics data point occurring before the successive telematics data points; an ending turn point comprising a telematics data point occurring after the successive telematics data points; and one or more turn segment attributes selected from; the time elapsed between the beginning turn point and ending turn point; and a turn type indicating where the identified turn segment occurs by; identifying, based at least in part on a telematics data point corresponding to the identified turn segment, a location of the turn segment; comparing the location of the turn segment against map data to identify one or more roads located at the location of the turn segment; and determining a turn type for the turn segment; receive a user request for analysis of turns corresponding to one or more identified turn types; identify those turn segments identified as one of the identified turn types; and generate a graphical display comprising a map illustrating the location of the identified turn segments and displaying one or more of the turn segment attributes of said identified turn segments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for assessing turns made by at least one vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving, from one or more vehicle telematics devices located on the at least one vehicle, vehicle telematics data indicative of a historical travel path of the vehicle during one or more historical time periods; identifying one or more turns executed by the vehicle during the one or more historical time periods, the one or more turns each comprising instances in which the vehicle executes a turn in order to change from (i) traveling in a first direction to (ii) traveling in a second direction; determining for each identified turn a turn segment comprising; a beginning turn point comprising a telematics data point occurring before the successive telematics data points; an ending turn point comprising a telematics data point occurring after the successive telematics data points; and one or more turn segment attributes selected from; the time elapsed between the beginning turn point and ending turn point; and a turn type indicating where the identified turn segment occurs by; identifying a location of the turn segment; comparing the location of the turn segment against map data to identify one or more roads located at the location of the turn segment; and determining a turn type for the turn segment; receiving a user request for analysis of turns corresponding to one or more identified turn identifying those turn segments identified as one of the identified turn types; and generate, based on said identified turn segments, a graphical display comprising a map illustrating the location of the identified turn segments and displaying one or more of the turn segment attributes of said identified turn segments. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A 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:
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an executable portion configured to receive, from one or more vehicle telematics devices located on the at least one vehicle, vehicle telematics data indicative of a historical travel path of the vehicle during one or more historical time periods; an executable portion configured to identify one or more turns executed by the vehicle during the one or more historical time periods, the one or more turns each comprising instances in which the vehicle executes a turn in order to change from (i) traveling in a first direction to (ii) traveling in a second direction, wherein the one or more turns are each identified as comprising a change in vehicle heading between successive telematics data points of the plurality of telematics data points exceeding a predefined threshold heading value; an executable portion configured to determine for each identified turn a turn segment comprising; a beginning turn point comprising a telematics data point occurring before the successive telematics data points; an ending turn point comprising a telematics data point occurring after the successive telematics data points; and one or more turn segment attributes selected from; the time elapsed between the beginning turn point and ending turn point; and a turn type indicating where the identified turn segment occurs by; identifying a location of the turn segment; comparing the location of the turn segment against map data to identify one or more roads located at the location of the turn segment; and determining a turn type for the turn segment; an executable portion configured to receive a user request for analysis of turns corresponding to one or more identified turn types; an executable portion configured to identify those turn segments identified as one of the identified turn types; and an executable portion configured to generate a graphical display comprising a map illustrating the location of the identified turn segments and displaying one or more of the turn segment attributes of said identified turn segments. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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