Patent ID: 6216086
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
A vehicle route planning system comprising:means for receiving information identifying a trip origin location and a trip destination location;map means, responsive to said received information, for identifying at least a first route and a second route connecting said identified trip origin location and said identified trip destination location;means for assigning a first attribute to said first route and a second attribute to said second route, said attributes associated with certain route characteristics;means for driver preference matching, said means for providing a first driver preference attribute output dependent on ranking the first attribute assigned to said first route by predetermined driver preferences, and providing a second driver preference attribute output dependent on ranking the second attribute assigned to said second route by said predetermined driver preferences; andanother means for driver preference matching, said another means for selecting a preferred route from said first and second routes dependent on selecting a higher route selection score of a first route selection score and a second route selection score, wherein the first route selection score is dependent on ranking said first driver preference attribute output by other predetermined driver preferences, and the second route selection preference score is dependent on ranking said second driver preference attribute output by the other predetermined driver preferences.