Collaborative Environmental Reporting
First Claim
1. A method for providing a notification of an environmental condition, comprising:
- receiving local environment data from a first vehicle, the local environment data comprising a combination of vehicle data corresponding to the first vehicle from a vehicle sensor of the first vehicle operative to monitor a system of the first vehicle and environment data from an environment sensor of the first vehicle operative to measure an atmospheric characteristic;
aggregating the local environment data from the first vehicle with similar local environment data from another vehicle to create aggregated local environment data;
determining if the aggregated local environment data meets a threshold; and
upon determining that the aggregated local environment data meets the threshold, providing the notification to at least a second vehicle of the environmental condition that exists at a geographic location of the first vehicle.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for the reporting of an environmental condition to vehicles prior to encountering the environmental condition. According to various embodiments described herein, local environment data corresponding to the environmental condition is collected from sensors on a vehicle. The local environment data is used to determine that the environmental condition exists at the current location of the vehicle. A notification that includes the geographic location of the environmental condition is created and provided to one or more other vehicles in the vicinity of the environmental condition.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a notification of an environmental condition, comprising:
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receiving local environment data from a first vehicle, the local environment data comprising a combination of vehicle data corresponding to the first vehicle from a vehicle sensor of the first vehicle operative to monitor a system of the first vehicle and environment data from an environment sensor of the first vehicle operative to measure an atmospheric characteristic; aggregating the local environment data from the first vehicle with similar local environment data from another vehicle to create aggregated local environment data; determining if the aggregated local environment data meets a threshold; and upon determining that the aggregated local environment data meets the threshold, providing the notification to at least a second vehicle of the environmental condition that exists at a geographic location of the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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receive local environment data from a first vehicle, the local environment data comprising a combination of vehicle data corresponding to the first vehicle from a vehicle sensor of the first vehicle operative to monitor a system of the first vehicle and environment data from an environment sensor of the first vehicle operative to measure an atmospheric characteristic; aggregate the local environment data from the first vehicle with similar local environment data from another vehicle to create aggregated local environment data; determine if the aggregated local environment data meets a threshold; and upon determining that the aggregated local environment data meets the threshold, provide the notification to at least a second vehicle of the environmental condition that exists at a geographic location of the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for providing a notification of an environmental condition, comprising:
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memory for storing a program containing code for providing notification of an environmental condition; and a processor functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program and configured to; receive local environment data from a first vehicle, the local environment data comprising a combination of vehicle data corresponding to the first vehicle from a vehicle sensor of the first vehicle operative to monitor a system of the first vehicle and environment data from an environment sensor of the first vehicle operative to measure an atmospheric characteristic, aggregate the local environment data from the first vehicle with similar local environment data from another vehicle to create aggregated local environment data, determine if the aggregated local environment data meets a threshold, and upon determining that the aggregated local environment data meets the threshold, provide the notification to at least a second vehicle of the environmental condition that exists at a geographic location of the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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