System and method for dynamic routing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12449265-B2
Application number	US-202117241559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	Apr 28, 2020
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamically planning a travel route using weather data for a recreational vehicle, dynamically navigating around inclement weather for a recreational vehicle, for dynamic fuel range mapping for a recreational vehicle, and/or for predicting a departure time to arrive at a destination on time for a recreational vehicle are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A navigation system for dynamically navigating around inclement weather for a recreational vehicle, the navigation system comprising:
a display screen;
a processor; and
memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
receive a destination from a user;
determine a travel route to the destination;
obtain weather data of locations along the travel route;
determine whether inclement weather is expected along the travel route based on the weather data; and
determine, in response to the determination that the inclement weather is expected, if an alternative route to the destination is available to avoid the inclement weather; and
display on the display screen the alternative route including a color coded indication of a probability of inclement weather at a plurality of locations along the alternative route, the probability representing times when the recreational vehicle is expected to be at each of the plurality of locations.

2. The navigation system of claim 1 , wherein the memory further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
display, in response to determination that the alternative route is available, the alternative route to the user;
receive a request to set the alternative route to a new travel route; and navigate to the destination via the new travel route.

3. The navigation system of claim 1 , wherein the memory further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
notify, in response to determining that the alternative route is unavailable, the user how much time the user has until expecting to experience the inclement weather;
query the user whether to seek lodging before experiencing inclement weather;
determine, in response to a receipt of a response to seek lodging, one or more lodging locations;
display the one or more lodging locations;
receive a response from the user indicating a lodging location selected from the one or more lodging locations; and
determine a new route to the selected lodging location.

4. The navigation system of claim 1 , wherein the memory further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
query the user whether to notify someone that an expected arrival time has changed; receive a response from the user requesting to notify one or more contacts; and transmit, in response to a receipt of the response, a message to the one or more contacts.

5. A method for dynamically navigating around inclement weather for a recreational vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, by a navigation system of the recreational vehicle, a destination from a user;
determining, by the navigation system, a travel route to the destination;
obtaining, by the navigation system, weather data of locations along the travel route;
determining, by the navigation system, whether inclement weather is expected along the travel route based on the weather data; and
determining, in response to determining that the inclement weather is expected and by the navigation system, if an alternative route to the destination is available to avoid the inclement weather; and
displaying on a display screen the alternative route including a color coded indication of a probability of inclement weather at a plurality of locations along the alternative route, the probability representing times when the recreational vehicle is expected to be at each of the plurality of locations.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying, in response to determining that the alternative route is available and by the navigation system, the alternative route to the user;
receiving, by the navigation system, a request to set the alternative route to a new travel route; and
navigating, by the navigation system, to the destination via the new travel route.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
notifying, in response to determining that the alternative route is unavailable and by the navigation system, the user how much time the user has until expecting to experience the inclement weather;
querying, by the navigation system, the user whether to seek lodging before experiencing inclement weather;
determining, in response to receiving a response to seek lodging and by the navigation system, one or more lodging locations;
displaying, by the navigation system, the one or more lodging locations;
receiving, by the navigation system, a response from the user indicating a lodging location selected from the one or more lodging locations; and
determining, by the navigation system, a new route to the selected lodging location.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
querying, by the navigation system, the user whether to notify someone that an expected arrival time has changed;
receiving, by the navigation system, a response from the user requesting to notify one or more contacts; and
transmitting, in response to receiving the response and by the navigation system, a message to the one or more contacts.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
determining one or more vehicle parameters; and
dynamically update a fuel range based on the one or more current vehicle parameters, and
wherein the one or more current vehicle parameters include a fuel level percentage and an average fuel economy.

10. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining one or more vehicle parameters; and
dynamically updating a fuel range based on the one or more current vehicle parameters, and
wherein the one or more current vehicle parameters include a fuel level percentage and an average fuel economy.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
dynamically update the determined inclement weather based on a current vehicle speed.

12. The method of claim 5 , wherein the processor dynamically updates the determined inclement weather based on a current vehicle speed.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
determine points of interest that are not expected to encounter inclement weather for a given period of time.

14. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying on the display screen a fuel range indicator indicating a different level of fuel range, the fuel range indicator comprises of a plurality of colors including a first color indicating a first threshold fuel level and a second color indicating a second threshold fuel level.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the fuel range indicator is a line over the travel route, the line comprising a first section indicating the first threshold fuel level and a second section indicating the second threshold fuel level.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of colors includes a third color indicating a third threshold fuel level, and the line comprises a third section indicating the third threshold fuel level.

17. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
navigating, in response to determining that the user does not want to seek lodging, along the travel route; and
notifying the user how much time the user has until expecting to experience the inclement weather.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
determining, based upon a fuel range, a fuel stop is needed;
determining, based upon the need for a fuel stop, one or more gas stations along the

Assignees

• Polaris Inc

Inventors

• Roggenkamp Kyle T
• Stewart Stacey E
• Nelson Kevin E
• Nuxoll Joseph P
• Houeiss Cindy L
• Edwards Benjamin T
• Tharaldson Joseph D
• Schmid Andrew C
• Scott Elaine M
• Bungert Brenden

Classifications

• G01C21/3694

  Output thereof on a road map · CPC title

• G01W1/10 Primary

  Devices for predicting weather conditions (computers per se G06; display devices G09) · CPC title

• G01C21/3682

  output of POI information on a road map (G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence) · CPC title

• G08G1/096811

  where the route is computed offboard · CPC title

• G08G1/096838

  where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality · CPC title