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USING V2X-BASED IN-NETWORK MESSAGE GENERATION, AGGREGATION, DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSING PROTOCOLS TO ENABLE ROAD HAZARD CONDITION WARNING APPLICATIONS

  • US 20100250106A1
  • Filed: 03/31/2009
  • Published: 09/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for detecting potentially hazardous road conditions, said method comprising:

  • detecting a road condition by sensors on a plurality of vehicles around the road condition where each vehicle detecting the road condition assigns the detected road condition a confidence value;

    transmitting the confidence value of the road condition from each vehicle that detects the road condition to other vehicles around the road condition;

    aggregating the confidence values in one or more of the plurality of vehicles to generate an aggregated result that identifies the probability that the road condition is occurring; and

    wirelessly transmitting the aggregated result to vehicles approaching the road condition.

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