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US 2014/0372015 A1Published application
Public safety vehicle routing
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorJoseph C. NAMM
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for routing public-safety vehicles to an incident are provided herein. During operation a server will receive an emergency notification. In response, the server will determine an emergency type and vehicles that will be dispatched to the emergency. Routes will be tailored for each vehicle and then provided to each vehicle. The specifically-tailored routes will facilitate the arrival of vehicles on site in an appropriate order.
Claims18
A method for dispatching vehicles to a scene, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a server, an indication of an event;
- determining vehicles needed for the event;
- determining a current location of each vehicle;
- determining a role for each vehicle;
- determining a route for each vehicle based on the type of event, the current location of each vehicle, and the role of each vehicle.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- context-aware circuitry determining a location for a plurality of vehicles;
- logic circuitry receiving an indication of an event, determining vehicles needed for the event, determining a role for each vehicle, and determining a route for each vehicle based on the type of event, the current location of each vehicle, and the role of each vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.