Patent ID: 7471995
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: G01C,G05D,G08G,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for planning or updating a travel route for a vehicle based on a potential affect of environmental conditions on a particular vehicle, comprising: receiving at least a first location point of a journey and a second location point of a journey; determining a best travel route from at least the first location point of the journey to the second location point of the journey; receiving environmental conditions information regarding environmental conditions for at least the determined best travel route; receiving at least some dynamic vehicle information; receiving at least some static vehicle information; determining, based on the determined best travel route, the received environmental conditions information, the received vehicle information, and the received vehicle specific information, whether any environmental conditions for at least the determined best travel route represent environmental conditions that are severe enough to affect the particular vehicle; re-determining, if any environmental conditions represent environmental conditions that are severe enough to affect the particular vehicle, the best travel route to avoid the environmental conditions that represent environmental conditions that are severe enough to affect the particular vehicle; and creating a display that shows at least the determined best travel route and at least one environmental condition annotation that represents each environmental condition that is severe enough to affect the particular vehicle.