Driver Route Preview Interface for 30-Day Fleet Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fleet management systems fail to provide drivers with an organized view of assigned routes beyond a 48-hour horizon, leading to inefficiencies in planning personal time, missed sales opportunities, and increased resource consumption due to manual route verification.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface (GUI) that allows drivers to easily navigate through past, present, and future routes, providing up to 30 days of historical and upcoming route information, using geofences for arrival/departure tracking and incorporating machine learning for error prediction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If fleet management systems use manual tracking methods, then system complexity is reduced, but productivity and operational efficiency deteriorate due to increased manual verification time and resource consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables drivers to self-serve by providing them with direct access to their route information through a graphical user interface. Drivers can view past, present, and future routes without requiring manual verification from fleet managers, allowing them to independently plan their schedules and personal time while the system automatically tracks and displays route information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual tracking and verification processes with an automated electronic system. The system automatically tracks vehicle locations using geofences, manages route assignments, and presents information to drivers through a graphical user interface, eliminating the need for manual intervention and improving operational efficiency.
2Ease of operation
If the system provides comprehensive route information (30 days), then driver planning capability is improved, but information processing complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments route information into distinct time periods (past routes, current routes, future routes) and presents them through separate sections in the graphical user interface. This segmentation allows drivers to access comprehensive 30-day route information in an organized manner, improving planning capability while managing information processing complexity through structured presentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and storing route information for up to 30 days in advance. Route tracking reports are generated and stored before drivers need to view them, allowing drivers to access comprehensive future route information without real-time processing delays and improving their ability to plan ahead.
3Measurement precision
If the system tracks routes manually, then measurement precision is reduced, but loss of time is minimized
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual route tracking with automated electronic tracking using geofences and GPS data. The system automatically determines vehicle locations, tracks route compliance, and generates precise tracking reports without human intervention, simultaneously improving measurement precision and eliminating time loss associated with manual verification processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by automatically comparing actual vehicle locations and movements against scheduled routes. The system continuously monitors route compliance, compares actual performance against expected parameters, and provides real-time feedback through the graphical user interface, improving measurement precision while reducing the need for manual verification time.
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AI summary
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for previewing assigned routes. A route management system provides for accessing a route tracking report associated with a vehicle to identify a plurality of routes associated with the vehicle; generating, for display, a graphical user interface (GUI) for navigating through the plurality of routes associated with the vehicle, the graphical user interface comprising a plurality of time period options; receiving input that selects a first time period option from the plurality of time period options; in response to receiving the input, retrieving a first set of routes from the plurality of routes that corresponds to the first time period option; and updating the GUI to display a first portion of the first set of routes in response to receiving the input.