Method and system for determining effect of weather conditions on transportation networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016307446-A1
Application number	US-201514687024-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 15, 2015
Priority date	Apr 15, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for determining an effect of a weather condition on a transportation network. The method includes receiving one or more parameters of the weather condition in a geographical area for a predetermined time-period. The method further includes determining a delay from a scheduled time of arrival of one or more vehicles, associated with the transportation network, at a location from one or more locations, in the transportation network, in the geographical area for the predetermined time-period. Thereafter, a sensitivity of the one or more locations to the weather condition of the geographical area is determined by correlating the delay with the one or more parameters of the weather condition. Further, the sensitivity of the one or more locations is displayed, through a user interface, as a first layer overlaid on a map of the geographical area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system for determining an effect of a weather condition on a transportation network, the system comprising:
a transceiver configured to: receive one or more parameters of a weather condition in a geographical area for a predetermined time-period; and one or more processors configured to: determine a delay from a scheduled time of arrival of one or more vehicles, associated with said transportation network, at a location from one or more locations, in said transportation network, in said geographical area for said predetermined time-period; determine a sensitivity of said one or more locations to said weather condition of said geographical area by correlating discrete values corresponding to said delay with discrete values corresponding to said one or more parameters of said weather condition; and display, through a user interface, said sensitivity of said one or more locations as a first layer overlaid on a map of said geographical area.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said transceiver is further configured to receive one or more demographic parameters associated with said geographical area for said predetermined time-period.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein said one or more demographic parameters comprise at least one of a population distribution, an income distribution, one or more business districts/households, one or more city centers, or one or more suburbs.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein said one or more processors are further configured to display, through said user interface, said one or more demographic parameters as a second layer overlaid on said first layer on said map.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said one or more parameters of said weather condition comprise at least one of a snowfall precipitation, a rainfall precipitation, a temperature, a wind speed, or an air pressure.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said transportation network corresponds to a public transit system of said geographical area, wherein said one or more vehicles of said transportation network correspond to one or more buses, one or more trams, one or more trains, or one or more metros of said public transit system.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said transceiver is further configured to receive timestamped GPS co-ordinates of said one or more vehicles for said predetermined time-period.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein said delay is determined based on said timestamped GPS co-ordinates.

9 . A method for determining an effect of a weather condition on a transportation network, the method comprising:
receiving, by a transceiver, one or more parameters of a weather condition in a geographical area for a predetermined time-period; determining, by one or more processors, a delay from a scheduled time of arrival of one or more vehicles, associated with said transportation network, at a location from one or more locations, in said transportation network, in said geographical area for said predetermined time-period; determining, by said one or more processors, a sensitivity of said one or more locations to said weather condition of said geographical area by correlating discrete values corresponding to said delay with discrete values corresponding to said one or more parameters of said weather condition; and displaying, through a user interface, by said one or more processors, said sensitivity of said one or more locations as a first layer overlaid on a map of said geographical area.

10 . The method of claim 9 further comprising receiving, by said transceiver, one or more demographic parameters associated with said geographical area for said predetermined time-period.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein said one or more demographic parameters comprise at least one of a population distribution, an income distribution, one or more business districts/households, one or more city centers, or one or more suburbs.

12 . The method of claim 11 further comprising displaying, through said user interface, by said one or more processors, said one or more demographic parameters as a second layer overlaid on said first layer on said map.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein said one or more parameters of said weather condition comprise at least one of a snowfall precipitation, a rainfall precipitation, a temperature, a wind speed, or an air pressure.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein said transportation network corresponds to a public transit system of said geographical area, wherein said one or more vehicles of said transportation network correspond to one or more buses, one or more trams, one or more trains, or one or more metros of said public transit system.

15 . The method of claim 9 further comprising receiving, by said transceiver, timestamped GPS co-ordinates of said one or more vehicles for said predetermined time-period.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein said delay is determined based on said timestamped GPS co-ordinates location.

17 . A method for recommending a route from one or more routes between a first location and a second location in a geographical area, the method comprising:
receiving, by a transceiver, one or more parameters of a past weather condition in a geographical area during a predetermined time-period; determining, by one or more processors, a dwell time of one or more vehicles in each of said one or more routes during said predetermined time-period; determining, by said one or more processors, a sensitivity of said one or more routes to said past weather condition in said geographical area by correlating discrete values corresponding to said dwell time with discrete values corresponding to said one or more parameters of said past weather condition; recommending, by said one or more processors, said route based on said sensitivity of said route and a current weather condition in said geographical area; and displaying, by said one or more processors, said route on a map of said geographical area through a user interface of a computing device.

18 . A computer program product for use with a computing device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium stores a computer program code for determining an effect of a weather condition on a transportation network, the computer program code is executable by one or more processors in the computing device to:
receive, by a transceiver, one or more parameters of a weather condition in a geographical area for a predetermined time-period; determine, by said one or more processors, a delay from a scheduled time of arrival of one or more vehicles, associated with said transportation network, at a location from one or more locations, in said transportation network, in said geographical area for said predetermined time-period; determine, by said one or more processors, a sensitivity of said one or more locations to said weather condition of said geographical area by correlating discrete values corresponding to said delay with discrete values corresponding to said one or more parameters of said weather condition; and display, through a user interface, by said one or more processors, said sensitivity of said one or more locations as a first layer overlaid on a map of said geographical area.

19 . The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein said computer program code is further executable by said one or more processors to display, through said user interface, one or more demographic parameters associated with said geo

Assignees

• Xerox Corp

Inventors

• Edakunni Narayanan Unny
• JAT Sharmistha

Classifications

• G08G1/0125

  Traffic data processing · CPC title

• H04B1/3822

  specially adapted for use in vehicles (H04B1/3827 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W4/021

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• G08G1/13 Primary

  the indicator being in the form of a map · CPC title

• G08G1/096816

  where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once · CPC title