Patent ID: 8744766
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for recommending a route, the method comprising the steps of: a first computer receiving an indication of an origin and a destination; the first computer receiving data describing a plurality of navigation routes between the origin and the destination from a second computer; receiving, at the first computer, a plurality of pollution criteria including a plurality of pollution types; determining, using the first computer, a pollution score value for each of the pollution types based on pollution sensor data, the first computer determining a plurality of the pollution score values corresponding to each of the plurality of navigation routes; the first computer determining a cumulative score value for each of the plurality of navigation routes, the cumulative score values including the pollution score values for each of the plurality of pollution types; and the first computer transmitting the data describing the plurality of navigation routes between the origin and the destination and the corresponding plurality of pollution score values and cumulative score values to a third computer.