ENVIRONMENT BASED NAVIGATION

• US 20200132484A1
• Filed: 08/21/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Akselrod, Ben Z., Di Loreto, Anthony, McDuff, Steve, Robeson, Kyle D.
• Granted Patent: US 11,112,258 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/70 with automatic actuation
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/71 responsive to temperature changes, rain, wind or noise
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/55 Windows
• 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

An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for environment based navigation. The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may collect environment map data. The environment map data may include one or more environmental zones. The computing device may receive one or more user environment preferences from a user. The user environment preferences may include a user'"'"'s preferred environmental zones and non-preferred environmental zones. The computing device may receive a destination from the user and determine one or more routes to the destination. The computing device may compare the one or more determined routes to the environment map data and the user environment preferences and display a list of the determined routes based on the user environment preference data.

Claims

1. A method for environment based navigation, the method comprising:

collecting, by a computing device, environment map data, wherein the environment map data includes one or more environmental zones;

receiving, by the computing device, one or more user environment preferences from a user, wherein the user environment preferences include a user'"'"'s preferred environmental zones and non-preferred environmental zones; and

receiving, by the computing device, a destination from the user.

2. A method as in claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, one or more routes to a destination;

comparing, by the computing device, the one or more determined routes to the environment map data and the user environment preferences; and

displaying, by the computing device, a list of the determined routes based on the one or more user environment preferences.

3. The method as in claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, a selection of one of the one or more routes from the user;

detecting, by the computing device, an environmental zone on the selected route;

comparing, by the computing device, the detected environmental zone to the one or more user environment preferences; and

alerting, by the computing device, the user of the detected environmental zone.

4. A method as in claim 2, further comprising:

detecting, by the computing device, an environmental zone; and

adjusting, by the computing device, settings of a vehicle in response to detecting an environmental zone on the selected route, the vehicle communicating with the computing device via a communication network.

5. A method as in claim 4, wherein the adjusting, by the computing device, settings of a vehicle further comprises:

closing at least one window of the vehicle in response to detecting a non-preferred environmental zone on the selected route; and

opening the windows of the vehicle in response to detecting a preferred environmental zone on the selected route.

6. A method as in claim 4, wherein the adjusting, by the computing device, settings of a vehicle further comprises:

circulating the air within the vehicle in response to detecting a non-preferred environmental zone on the selected route; and

intaking air from the outside of the vehicle in response to detecting a preferred environmental zone on the selected route.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein the environmental zones comprise one or more odor zones.

8. A method as in claim 1, wherein the environmental zones comprise one or more or sound zones.

9. A method as in claim 1, wherein the list ranks routes with more preferred environmental zones higher than routes with less preferred environmental zones.