Road physical condition monitoring techniques
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Abstract
Arrangement and method for managing information about the condition of travel lanes on which vehicles travel includes a sensor system arranged in each vehicle for obtaining information about the maintenance state of the travel lane, a communication system arranged in each vehicle and coupled to a respective sensor system for communicating the obtained information to a control station, and a transmission system arranged at or coupled to the control station for transmitting the obtained information to vehicles other than the one which provided the obtained information. A positioning system may be arranged on each vehicle to determine its position and the communication systems transmit the position of each vehicle along with the obtained information.
199 Citations
38 Claims
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1-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A method for monitoring the condition of travel lanes on which vehicles travel, comprising:
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obtaining a database including data about roadways that a vehicle can travel on, the data including locations of edges of the roadways; installing the database onboard the vehicle; identifying a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or approaching; displaying a map of a roadway that a vehicle is approaching showing a shape of the roadway, edges of the roadway, and travel lanes on the roadway; determining a corridor of travel assigned to the vehicle on the roadway that the vehicle is approaching; determining a location of the vehicle with location determining equipment located onboard the vehicle; displaying an indication of the location of the vehicle in association with the map of the roadway that the vehicle is approaching; obtaining traffic control information concerning the vehicle'"'"'s impending use of the roadway that the vehicle is approaching; identifying a hazardous condition associated with the corridor of travel assigned to the vehicle; and activating an alarm to notify an operator of the vehicle of the hazardous condition. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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