METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING LARGE ASSET FLEETS THROUGH A VIRTUAL REALITY INTERFACE

• US 20170351992A1
• Filed: 08/23/2017
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Route4Me, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Route4Me, Inc.
• Inventors: Khasis, Dan
• Granted Patent: US 10,430,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08355 Routing methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

Methods and systems for monitoring and interacting with a collection of geospatially aware assets, or any connected geo-location enabled device, through a virtual reality interface are disclosed. A diagram may be utilized as a real-time route progress indicator to determine a route'"'"'s completion status and as a destination position indicator to determine the position of a destination among all destinations of a route. The virtual reality environment may provide the benefit of, and ability to, modify the visual field, such as to fit a large number of routes, e.g., 50,000 or more, onto an area viewable in the virtual reality environment to efficiently manage large fleets, or to divide a screen into a plurality of individual screens to organize the data in a visually effective manner. The user interface may be personalized for the user, or customized for a specific business operation.

Claims

1. A machine-implemented method, comprising:

accessing at least one of a route data, an asset data and a user data;

generating and arranging a graphical user interface based on the at least one of a route data, an asset data and a user data;

displaying the graphical user interface comprising the at least one of a route data, an asset data and a user data;

permitting a user to interact with the graphical user interface, and

wherein the graphical user interface comprises at least one of a route matrix and a route timeline.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the route matrix and the route timeline comprises a route completion status and a route destination position.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the route matrix and the route timeline comprises one or more routes displayed as one or more line segments.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising

wherein the route matrix comprises one or more nodes, and the route timeline comprises one or more pins.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

wherein the one or more nodes and the one or more pins comprise one or more destination status.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

wherein a status of the one or more destination status comprises a unique graphical identifier.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

wherein the unique graphical identifier comprises a color coded scheme, and

wherein the color coded scheme corresponds to a destination schedule.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

permitting a user to modify the one or more nodes and the one or more pins,

wherein modification of the one or more nodes corresponds to modification of one or more routes

9. A machine-implemented method, comprising:

accessing at least one of a route data, an asset data and a user data;

generating a virtual reality environment based on the at least one of a route data, an asset data and a user data;

displaying the virtual reality environment;

permitting a user to interact with the graphical user interface,

wherein the virtual reality environment comprises a plurality of screens, and

wherein the plurality of screens are organized by geographic regions.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

wherein the plurality of screens comprise at least one of a map, a summary table, an activity feed and a chat board,

wherein the summary table comprises at least one of an operational data, utilization data, distance data, time data, rates data, and density data, and

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

wherein the plurality of screens comprise at least one of a two-dimensional map and a three-dimensional map for one or more routes, and

wherein the map permits a user to modify one or more routes using a gesture command.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

wherein the plurality of screens comprises one or more alert signal,

wherein the alert signal is oriented horizontally or vertically along the plurality of screens.

18. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

customizing the virtual reality environment based at least one of a user preference and a business operation.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

wherein the user preference comprises a user disability.

20. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

modifying the virtual reality environment in real-time and based on at least one of a predicted current traffic data and a predicted future traffic data.

13. A data processing system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform a method, comprising;

receiving at least one of a route data, an asset data and a user data;

generating a virtual reality environment based on the at least one of a route data, an asset data and a user data;

displaying the virtual environment comprising the at least one of a route data, an asset data and a user data;

permitting a user to interact with the virtual reality environment, and

wherein the virtual reality environment is organized by route density data.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

wherein the virtual reality environment comprises at least one of a route matrix and a route timeline.

15. The system of 14, further comprising:

permitting a user to modify the route matrix and the route timeline.

16. The system claim 15, further comprising:

wherein modifying the route matrix and the route timeline comprises modifying one or more destinations of a route.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

wherein the modifying of the one or more destinations is within a single route, or

wherein the modifying of the one or more destinations is among a plurality of routes