METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RATING ROAD SEGMENTS

• US 20150002319A1
• Filed: 07/03/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Zhang, Qiwei, Ni, Yinling, Jin, Ye, Ding, Lei, Wang, Ke, Zhu, Daihui
• Granted Patent: US 9,135,815 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/989
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A method and system to obtain taxi location data for a plurality of taxis located in a geographic region; obtain street data for a plurality of streets operating in the geographic region, the street data defining a location of the plurality of streets; store the taxi location data and the street data in an in-memory database management system; generate a rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi, the rating providing an indication of a likelihood the at least one currently active taxi is available for a fare; and provide an output of the rating.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

obtaining taxi location data for a plurality of taxis operating in a geographic region;

obtaining street data for a plurality of streets located in the geographic region, the street data defining a location of the plurality of streets;

storing the taxi location data and the street data in an in-memory database management system;

generating a rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi, the rating providing an indication of a likelihood the at least one currently active taxi is available for a fare; and

providing an output of the rating.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the taxi location data comprises a position for each of the plurality of taxis represented by at least longitude data and latitude data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the taxi location further comprises, at least one of weather data, a timestamp, a bearing, a speed of travel, and a value for an environmental parameter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the street data comprises a plurality of street segments for the plurality of streets.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the rating comprises:

mapping the at least one currently active taxi to a specific one of the plurality of streets; and

determining the likelihood at least one taxi is available for a fare on the specific one of the plurality of streets based on the taxi location data, wherein the taxi location data is historical data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the output includes a visualization representation of, at least, the at least one currently active taxi and the rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the output of the rating for transmission to a mobile device.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable program instructions thereon, the medium comprising:

instructions to obtain taxi location data for a plurality of taxis operating in a geographic region;

instructions to obtain street data for a plurality of streets located in the geographic region, the street data defining a location of the plurality of streets;

instructions to store the taxi location data and the street data in an in-memory database management system;

instructions to generate a rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi, the rating providing an indication of a likelihood the at least one currently active taxi is available for a fare; and

instructions to provide an output of the rating.

9. The medium of claim 8, wherein the taxi location data comprises a position for each of the plurality of taxis represented by at least longitude data and latitude data.

10. The medium of claim 9, wherein the taxi location further comprises, at least one of weather data, a timestamp, a bearing, a speed of travel, and a value for an environmental parameter.

11. The medium of claim 8, wherein the street data comprises a plurality of street segments for the plurality of streets.

12. The medium of claim 8, further comprising, to generate the rating:

instructions to map the at least one currently active taxi to a specific one of the plurality of streets; and

instructions to determine the likelihood at least one taxi is available for a fare on the specific one of the plurality of streets based on the taxi location data, wherein the taxi location data is historical data.

13. The medium of claim 8, wherein the output includes a visualization representation of, at least, the at least one currently active taxi and the rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi.

14. The medium of claim 8, further comprising instruction to provide the output of the rating for transmission to a mobile device.

15. A system comprising:

a computing device comprising;

a memory storing processor-executable program code; and

a processor to execute the processor-executable program code in order to cause the computing device to;

obtain taxi location data for a plurality of taxis operating in a geographic region;

obtain street data for a plurality of streets located in the geographic region, the street data defining a location of the plurality of streets;

store the taxi location data and the street data in an in-memory database management system;

generate a rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi, the rating providing an indication of a likelihood the at least one currently active taxi is available for a fare; and

provide an output of the rating.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the taxi location data comprises a position for each of the plurality of taxis represented by at least longitude data and latitude data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the taxi location further comprises, at least one of weather data, a timestamp, a bearing, a speed of travel, and a value for an environmental parameter.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the street data comprises a plurality of street segments for the plurality of streets.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein to generate the rating comprises:

mapping the at least one currently active taxi to a specific one of the plurality of streets; and

determining the likelihood at least one taxi is available for a fare on the specific one of the plurality of streets based on the taxi location data, wherein the taxi location data is historical data.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the output includes a visualization representation of, at least, the at least one currently active taxi and the rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi.