SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING AND MANAGING POTHOLE LOCATION AND POTHOLE CHARACTERISTICS
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1. A system for monitoring and identifying road damage, comprising:
- a data acquisition module adapted to receive and request data from one or more data sources, the one or more data sources providing at least a location of a roadway anomaly;
a database adapted to receive data from the data acquisition module and to store one or more roadway anomalies with respect to a roadway map;
a user interface adapted to receive a user query involving one or more roadway anomalies with respect to the roadway map, the user interface in communication with at least one of the data acquisition module and a data analysis module;
a data analysis module in communication with the database, the data analysis module adapted to receive and to respond to the user query; and
a report generation module adapted to create a report with respect to the user query.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for sensing and managing pothole locations and pothole characteristics. An additional aspect of the present invention is to provide a system that may acquire, fuse, and analyze pothole sensing data from several sources to identify potholes in need of maintenance or repair. Further, the system may be configured to create and distribute recurring reports of pothole repair data for use by roadway officials.
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1. A system for monitoring and identifying road damage, comprising:
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a data acquisition module adapted to receive and request data from one or more data sources, the one or more data sources providing at least a location of a roadway anomaly; a database adapted to receive data from the data acquisition module and to store one or more roadway anomalies with respect to a roadway map; a user interface adapted to receive a user query involving one or more roadway anomalies with respect to the roadway map, the user interface in communication with at least one of the data acquisition module and a data analysis module; a data analysis module in communication with the database, the data analysis module adapted to receive and to respond to the user query; and a report generation module adapted to create a report with respect to the user query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method to identify one or more potholes, the method comprising:
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receiving data from one or more data sources, the one or more data sources providing at least a location of a pothole; receiving roadway map data from a geographic information system; receiving a user query involving one or more potholes with respect to the roadway map; correlating the one or more potholes with respect to the roadway map to at least locate the one or more potholes with respect to the roadway map; and displaying a result of the correlation between the one or more potholes with respect to the roadway map. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing a pothole report to a subscriber, the method comprising:
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presenting a listing of pothole data types that may be provided to a subscriber; negotiating a set of terms and conditions to provide a subscriber-selected set of the pothole data types to the subscriber; creating the subscriber-selected set of pothole data types to the subscriber according to the negotiated set of terms and conditions; and providing the subscriber-selected set of pothole data types to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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