Localized Route Environmental Mapping for Travel Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for providing travel information, such as weather and traffic reports, are inefficient as they require users to gather information from multiple sources and often provide broad, generalized data that is not specific to the user's route.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating and presenting highly localized, customized, and dynamic environmental information along a specific travel route, using a processor and storage medium to access route plans, determine environmental conditions, and create environmental maps that indicate conditions for each route zone.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional broad-coverage weather and traffic reports are used, then a wide audience can be reached, but the information is not localized enough for specific route needs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the travel route into multiple route zones and assigns specific environmental conditions to each zone. This allows the system to provide localized environmental information for each segment of the journey rather than providing a single broad-coverage report, thereby resolving the contradiction between wide coverage and route-specific localization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by determining and presenting different environmental conditions for different route zones along the travel path. Each zone receives customized environmental data relevant to its specific location, enabling users to obtain precise localized information for their specific route without needing to filter through broad-coverage reports.
2Loss of information
If users gather environmental information for multiple locations manually, then comprehensive route information can be obtained, but the process is time consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by automatically determining environmental conditions for all route zones before the user begins their journey. The system pre-processes the route information and retrieves relevant environmental data for each zone in advance, eliminating the need for users to manually gather information at each location during their travel.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple environmental information gathering operations into a single automated process. Instead of requiring separate information retrieval for each location along the route, the system combines all route zone environmental data into one comprehensive presentation, significantly reducing the time and effort required for information gathering.
3Ease of operation
If users access environmental information while traveling, then real-time route planning is possible, but safety concerns arise from using smartphones while driving
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to obtain complete environmental information for their entire route before departure or during pre-trip planning. By providing all necessary environmental data in advance, users can make informed routing decisions without needing to access information while driving, thereby eliminating the safety risks associated with smartphone use during travel.
4Area of stationary object
If conventional reports cover entire metropolitan areas, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but the information is not specific enough for individual route needs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the metropolitan area coverage into specific route zones along the user's travel path. By dividing the broad metropolitan coverage into discrete route-specific segments, the system maintains comprehensive area coverage while simultaneously providing precise environmental information relevant to each specific route segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by determining and presenting different environmental conditions for different route zones within the metropolitan area. This allows the system to provide metropolitan-wide coverage while simultaneously delivering precise, location-specific environmental data for each segment of the user's route.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating localized environmental information along a route of travel are generally described, for example, to notify users of travel conditions along a specific route and/or to generate alternative routes based on the environmental conditions. In some embodiments, an environmental information route mapping system may generate environmental maps configured to graphically display a route of travel and associated environmental conditions along the route of travel at certain travel times. In some embodiments, the environmental route maps may be configured to include alternative routes based on the environmental conditions along a route path, such as an alternative route configured to avoid an area associated with an actual or predicted hazardous or otherwise undesirable environmental condition.