Systems and methods for generating calm or quiet routes

A computer system for generating a calm route, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory program memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
• receive a user request for navigation directions from an origin location to a destination location, wherein the user request includes an indication of a user preference for a calm route;
• identify, based at least in part upon map data, a plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location;
• receive historical sensor data associated with one or more route segments of each route of the plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location from at least one of a heart rate sensor, a microphone fixed configured to receive noise data associated with an exterior of a vehicle, an accelerometer, and an external traffic database, the historical sensor data includes one of:
• 1) heart rate data associated with operators of vehicles captured while driving the route segment, 2) noise data received from exteriors of vehicles traveling along the route segment, 3) accelerometer data indicative of hard braking and acceleration events captured along the route segment, and 4) historical traffic data along the route segment;
• identify one or more indications of calmness associated with each route segment of the one or more route segments by analyzing the historical sensor data;
• assign a score to current traffic data associated with the one or more route segments of each route of the plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location to represent a level of congestion along the one or more segments, the score corresponding to a level of insurance risk associated with traversing the one or more segments;
• select one of the plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location based at least in part upon the one or more indications of calmness associated with the one or more route segments of the one route and the score assigned to the current traffic data;
• and
• present the selected one route from the origin location to the destination location to a user.

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions for generating a calm or quiet route that, when executed by at least one processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• receive a user request for navigation directions from an origin location to a destination location, wherein the user request includes an indication of a user preference for a calm route;
• identify, based at least in part upon map data, a plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location;
• receive historical sensor data associated with one or more route segments of each route of the plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location from at least one of a heart rate sensor, a microphone fixed configured to receive noise data associated with an exterior of a vehicle, an accelerometer, and an external traffic database, the historical sensor data includes one of:
• 1) heart rate data associated with operators of vehicles captured while driving the route segment, 2) noise data received from exteriors of vehicles traveling along the route segment, 3) accelerometer data indicative of hard braking and acceleration events captured along the route segment, and 4) historical traffic data along the route segment;
• identify one or more indications of calmness associated with each route segment of the one or more route segments by analyzing the historical sensor data;
• assign a score to current traffic data associated with the one or more route segments of each route of the plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location to represent a level of congestion along the one or more segments, the score corresponding to a level of insurance risk associated with traversing the one or more segments;
• select one of the plurality of routes between the origin location and the destination location based at least in part upon the one or more indications of calmness associated with the one or more route segments of the one route and the score assigned to the current traffic data;
• and
• present the selected one route from the origin location to the destination location to a user.