Multi-Stop ETA Computation via Geofence Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for tracking vehicle routes fail to provide accurate estimated times of arrival (ETAs) for multiple stops along a route, leading to inefficiencies for drivers and frustration for recipients, as they often lack specific and accurate ETA information, resulting in missed opportunities and potential safety risks due to driver fatigue.
Innovation Solution
A route management system that computes and displays ETAs for each stop along a route by using geofences, sensor data, and historical stop information to determine travel times and stop durations, allowing for real-time updates and notifications to drivers and recipients.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If geofences are used to determine vehicle arrival and departure at scheduled stops, then automated tracking is achieved, but accurate ETA computation for multiple stops is not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the route into multiple stops and computes ETA for each stop individually rather than providing a single route ETA. This segmentation allows the system to track and communicate arrival times for each specific location along the route, resolving the information loss about multiple stop ETAs while maintaining automated tracking through geofences.
2Productivity
If manual tracking is used to monitor vehicle routes, then flexible monitoring is possible, but efficiency and accuracy of ETA computation are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses sensor data from the vehicle (location, speed, route progress) as feedback to continuously update and refine ETA computations for multiple stops. This feedback mechanism enables automated tracking to achieve both high productivity through efficiency and high measurement precision through accurate real-time ETA calculation, overcoming the limitations of purely manual tracking.
3Ease of operation
If single ETA for the entire route is provided, then simple communication is achieved, but specific stop ETAs are not available causing planning inefficiencies
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from providing a single ETA value for the entire route to providing multiple ETA values for each stop along the route. This dimensional expansion of information allows recipients and drivers to see specific arrival times for each location, enabling better time planning and coordination without sacrificing the overall simplicity of the communication system.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating estimated times of arrival for multiple stops along a route. A route management system provides for: accessing a route tracking report associated with a vehicle to identify a set of stops along a route; determining a current location of the vehicle; computing, based on a current location of the vehicle, a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) associated with a first stop of the set of stops and a second ETA associated with a second stop of the set of stops; and generating, for display, first and second identifiers of the first and second stops associated with the first and second ETAs of the first and second stops.