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Automated vehicle recommendation system

  • US 5,812,959 A
  • Filed: 02/27/1996
  • Issued: 09/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for indicating the fastest responding vehicle within a geographic area comprising:

  • an automatic vehicle location system for tracking vehicles within a geographic area;

    a computer aided dispatch system coupled to said automatic vehicle location system; and

    an automatic vehicle recommendation system coupled to said computer aided dispatch system and said automatic vehicle location system, said automatic vehicle recommendation system for communicating to said computer aided dispatch system which of said vehicles is able to respond in the shortest time to an event reported to said computer aided dispatch system, said automatic vehicle recommendation system further comprising;

    a cell database comprising a plurality of geographic cells subdivided from said geographic area,a cost matrix comprising response times for said vehicles to travel from one of said geographic cells to another of said geographic cells, said cost matrix further comprising vehicle response times required to travel from each of said geographic cells to every other of said geographic cells.

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