Method and system for collecting meteorological data using in-vehicle systems
First Claim
1. A method of collecting meteorological data comprising:
- receiving messages from each of a plurality of vehicles traveling along roads in a geographic region, wherein each message includes meteorological data pertaining to the geographic region; and
using said meteorological data from said plurality of vehicles for weather forecasting, wherein said weather forecasting predicts a future state of meteorological conditions for the geographic region including off-road portions of the geographic region.
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Abstract
A method and system for collecting meteorological data. A plurality of vehicles travel on roads in a geographic region. Each of the vehicles includes sensor equipment that senses at least one meteorological condition. The sensor equipment may be used to support other vehicle systems, such as vehicle safety systems or a vehicle navigation system. Each of the vehicles includes a program run on a computing device in the vehicle that prepares messages containing data indicative of the one or more meteorological conditions sensed by the sensor equipment. The messages are sent wirelessly from the vehicle to a meteorological data collection service that collects the data and uses the data for weather modeling or forecasting.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of collecting meteorological data comprising:
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receiving messages from each of a plurality of vehicles traveling along roads in a geographic region, wherein each message includes meteorological data pertaining to the geographic region; and
using said meteorological data from said plurality of vehicles for weather forecasting, wherein said weather forecasting predicts a future state of meteorological conditions for the geographic region including off-road portions of the geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of collecting meteorological data comprising:
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gathering meteorological data with a plurality of vehicles that are traveling along roads in a geographic region;
transmitting data messages wireless from the plurality of vehicles that are traveling along roads in the geographic region, wherein each data message includes meteorological data; and
using said meteorological data from said plurality of vehicles for weather modeling, wherein said weather modeling simulates meteorological conditions for the geographic region including off-road portions of the geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 26)
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17. A meteorological data collection system comprising:
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a plurality of vehicles each of which is equipped with sensor equipment that senses at least one meteorological condition and a wireless communication system that sends data representing the meteorological condition sensed by said sensor equipment; and
a meteorological data collection service that collects the data transmitted from each of said plurality of vehicles and uses said data for weather modeling that simulates meteorological conditions or forecasting that predicts a future state of meteorological conditions for the geographic region including off-road portions of the geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A business model for collection meteorological data comprising:
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gathering meteorological data with a plurality of vehicles that are traveling along roads in a geographic region, wherein each of said plurality of vehicles is equipped with sensor equipment that senses at least one meteorological condition and a wireless communication system that sends data representing the meteorological conditions sensed by said sensor equipment;
using said meteorological data from said plurality of vehicles for simulating or predicting meteorological conditions for the geographic region including off-road portions of the geographic region; and
in exchange for receiving meteorological data from said plurality of vehicles, providing said vehicles with weather-related data.
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27. A method of collecting meteorological data comprising:
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receiving messages from each of a plurality of vehicles traveling along roads in a geographic region, wherein each message includes meteorological data pertaining to the geographic region; and
using said meteorological data from each of said plurality of vehicles for weather modeling or forecasting to provide meteorological conditions for the geographic region including off-road portions of the geographic region.
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