VEHICLE-MOUNTED TOOL FOR MONITORING ROAD SURFACE DEFECTS
First Claim
1. A vehicle-mountable system for monitoring road surface defects, the system comprising:
- a detector for detecting a surface defect in a road surface along which a vehicle is traveling;
a positioning system for determining an instant location of the vehicle;
a repository for storing a location of the surface defect with reference to the instant location;
a controller unit to receive and compare an instant location of the vehicle with the location of the surface defect to identify an imminent surface defect encounter, wherein the controller unit further determines guidance instructions to minimize an effect of the imminent surface defect encounter; and
an interface to relay the guidance instructions to the vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicle-mountable system is provided for monitoring road surface defects. The system may include a detector to detect a surface defect in a road surface along which a vehicle is traveling. A positioning system may determine an instant location of the vehicle, and a repository may store a location of the surface defect with reference to the instant location. A controller unit may receive and compare the instant location with the location of the surface defect to identify an imminent surface defect encounter. The controller unit may also identify guidance instructions to minimize an effect of the imminent surface defect encounter. Finally, an interface may relay the guidance instructions to the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle-mountable system for monitoring road surface defects, the system comprising:
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a detector for detecting a surface defect in a road surface along which a vehicle is traveling; a positioning system for determining an instant location of the vehicle; a repository for storing a location of the surface defect with reference to the instant location; a controller unit to receive and compare an instant location of the vehicle with the location of the surface defect to identify an imminent surface defect encounter, wherein the controller unit further determines guidance instructions to minimize an effect of the imminent surface defect encounter; and an interface to relay the guidance instructions to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for monitoring road surface defects, the method comprising:
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detecting a surface defect in a road surface along which a vehicle is traveling; determining an instant location of the vehicle; and storing the location of the detected surface defect with reference to the instant location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product for monitoring road surface defects, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer-usable medium having computer-usable program code embodied therein, the computer-usable program code comprising; computer-usable program code for detecting a surface defect in a road surface along which a vehicle is traveling; computer-usable program code for determining an instant location of the vehicle; computer-usable program code for storing the location of the detected surface defect with reference to the instant location; computer-usable program code for monitoring an instant location of the vehicle; computer-usable program code for comparing the instant location with the stored location of the detected surface defect to identify an imminent surface defect encounter; computer-usable program code for identifying guidance instructions to minimize an effect of the imminent surface defect encounter; and computer-usable program code for relaying the guidance instructions to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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