Method and system for matching an incident to a route
First Claim
1. A method of determining if an incident is on a travel route, the method comprising:
- dynamically generating regions of interest surrounding each of a plurality of segments of the travel route;
determining that the incident is within one region of interest;
determining that the incident is on the travel route; and
wherein the dynamically generated regions of interest are substantially elliptical.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for depicting an online map of a route along with any incidents on the route. To create the map, a consumer first provides the origination and destination addresses of the route, then a proposed route is provided for their approval. The consumer may modify the proposed route or accept it. Next, the route is analyzed to determine if any incidents have occurred upon it. This analysis comprises preparing the route by creating regions of interest around segments composing the route, examining if any traffic incidents fall within one or more of the regions of interest, and determining for those incidents if the incident is closer than a threshold value to any segment on the route. The final route along with any incidents on the route is then depicted for the consumer.
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1. A method of determining if an incident is on a travel route, the method comprising:
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dynamically generating regions of interest surrounding each of a plurality of segments of the travel route;
determining that the incident is within one region of interest;
determining that the incident is on the travel route; and
wherein the dynamically generated regions of interest are substantially elliptical. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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2. A method of determining if an incident is on a travel route, the method comprising:
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dynamically generating regions of interest surrounding each of a plurality of segments of the travel route;
determining that the incident is within one region of interest;
determining that the incident is on the travel route; and
wherein each of said dynamically generated regions of interest have perimeters where distances to end points of each of said segments are substantially uniform and each of said distances are dynamically increased in relation to the length of said segments. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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4. A method of determining if an incident is on a travel route, the method comprising:
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generating regions of interest surrounding each of a plurality of segments of the travel route;
determining that the incident is within one region of interest;
determining that the incident is on the travel route; and
wherein the plurality of segments are dynamically determined by generating the travel route comprising said segments once a request has been made for the travel route and dynamically generating said regions of interest surrounding each of said segments comprises dynamically forming a substantially elliptical region of interest around each of said segments.
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7. A computer-implemented method for dynamically matching an incident to a route, the method comprising:
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obtaining route information comprising a plurality of route segments, each route segment represented by a line having a route segment start-point and a route segment end-point;
obtaining at least one incident represented by an incident point;
determining if the incident point is proximate to any of the route segments; and
associating the incident with at least one route segment to which it is determined that the incident point is proximate. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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