System for distributing road surface information, system for collecting and distributing vehicle information, device for transmitting vehicle information and program for controlling vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for distributing road surface information comprising:
- means for sensing numerical information on slipperiness of a road surface while a vehicle is travelling;
means for sensing positional information of the travelling vehicle;
means for transmitting the numerical information and/or positional information from the vehicle;
means for collecting the information transmitted by a plurality of vehicles;
means for preparing road surface information of a road on the basis of each information;
means for distributing the road surface information also to a vehicle other than the vehicle;
means for receiving the distributed road surface information; and
means for correcting the numerical information on the slipperiness of the road surface that the vehicle has received by comparing the numerical information on the slipperiness of the road surface that the vehicle has received with the numerical information on a road surface friction coefficient that the vehicle has sensed while travelling.
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Abstract
A system for distributing road surface information comprising means for sensing numerical information on slipperiness of a road surface; means for sensing positional information of the travelling vehicle; means for transmitting the numerical information and/or positional information from the vehicle; means for collecting the information transmitted by a plurality of vehicles; means for preparing road surface information of a road on the basis of each information; means for distributing the road surface information also to a vehicle other than the vehicle; and means for receiving the distributed road surface information. By changing a parameter of road surface information in a vehicle movement control system such as an ABS or a VSC, the performance of the control can be improved.
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7 Claims
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1. A system for distributing road surface information comprising:
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means for sensing numerical information on slipperiness of a road surface while a vehicle is travelling;
means for sensing positional information of the travelling vehicle;
means for transmitting the numerical information and/or positional information from the vehicle;
means for collecting the information transmitted by a plurality of vehicles;
means for preparing road surface information of a road on the basis of each information;
means for distributing the road surface information also to a vehicle other than the vehicle;
means for receiving the distributed road surface information; and
means for correcting the numerical information on the slipperiness of the road surface that the vehicle has received by comparing the numerical information on the slipperiness of the road surface that the vehicle has received with the numerical information on a road surface friction coefficient that the vehicle has sensed while travelling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for collecting and distributing vehicle information characterized by collecting information which is transmitted from a first traveling vehicle and needed in preparing road surface information, and distributing the road surface information to a second traveling vehicle, wherein the second vehicle includes means for correcting the road surface information received from the first vehicle by comparing the information received from the first vehicle with a road surface friction coefficient that the second vehicle has sensed while travelling.
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6. A device for transmitting vehicle information comprising:
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means for sensing numerical information on slipperiness of a road surface while a vehicle is travelling;
means for sensing positional information of the travelling vehicle;
means for transmitting the numerical information and/or positional information from the vehicle, and means for correcting the numerical information on the slipperiness of the road surface that the vehicle has received from another vehicle by comparing the numerical information on the slipperiness of the road surface that the vehicle has received with the numerical information on a road surface friction coefficient that the vehicle has sensed while travelling.
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7. A program for controlling a vehicle which comprises a computer which functions as means for sensing numerical information on slipperiness of a road surface while the vehicle is travelling, means for controlling the vehicle on the basis of numerical information on slipperiness of a road surface received by the vehicle, and means for correcting the received numerical information on the slipperiness of the road surface by comparing the numerical information on the slipperiness of the road surface received by the vehicle with the numerical information on a road surface friction coefficient performance of driving control of the vehicle on the basis of the road surface information.
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