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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Francis Bourque, Mundelein, IL (US);
Sanjay Gupta, Lakewood, IL (US);
Mark Hansen, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Francis Bourque, Mundelein, IL (US);
Sanjay Gupta, Lakewood, IL (US);
Mark Hansen, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A method () and navigation system () are provided that generate a navigation route that is environmentally optimized between an origin and destination. Upon receiving an origination location and destination from a user or other source, such as a GPS satellite (), a route determination module () determines multiple routes between the origination location and destination. An environmental analysis module () then processes each route to determine an environmental impact value. An evaluation module () then can selects a proposed route for presentation to the user via a presentation module (). Alternatively, the evaluation module () may select two or more routes, which the presentation module () may present with corresponding environmental impact data such that the user may select a particular route. Additionally, a green coach module () may provide instructions to the user for more environmentally beneficial operation of a vehicle ().