System for determining weather information and providing ambient parameter data
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1. A system on a vehicle for providing a weather condition comprising:
- a sensor configured to measure an ambient parameter;
a receiver that receives a value of the ambient parameter from the sensor and receives a position parameter of the vehicle identifying a position of the vehicle, where the ambient parameter and the position parameter are combined as the weather data; and
an initiator that initiates the transmission of the weather data to an external server from the receiver, where the external server receives meteorological data from a meteorological station that is combined with the weather data to determine the weather condition at the position of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A system that collects parametric information that reflects local weather conditions receives signals from sensors. The signals are transmitted to a server that combines the information contained within the signals with weather data to determine local weather conditions and develop forecasts. The local weather conditions and forecasts may be transmitted to a vehicle and may be combined with navigation information to optimize travel routes.
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1. A system on a vehicle for providing a weather condition comprising:
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a sensor configured to measure an ambient parameter; a receiver that receives a value of the ambient parameter from the sensor and receives a position parameter of the vehicle identifying a position of the vehicle, where the ambient parameter and the position parameter are combined as the weather data; and an initiator that initiates the transmission of the weather data to an external server from the receiver, where the external server receives meteorological data from a meteorological station that is combined with the weather data to determine the weather condition at the position of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A control system on a vehicle comprising:
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receiving means configured to receive a value from a sensor associated with an ambient parameter; navigating means configured to determine a position of the vehicle; combining means configured to combine the value of the ambient parameter from the sensor with the position of the vehicle into a combined parameter value; and initiating means configured to initiate a transmission of the combined parameter value to an external server, where the value is combined with meteorological data from a meteorological station at the external server, the external server determining a current weather condition at the position of the vehicle based on the combined parameter value and the meteorological data for that position, where the meteorological data is a weather forecast for a local area, the local area being the immediate surroundings of the approximate position of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for providing weather condition, comprising:
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receiving a first value of an ambient parameter associated with a sensor on a first vehicle, where the first value includes a position of the first vehicle; receiving a second value of an ambient parameter at the position of the first vehicle from a weather provider; receiving meteorological data from a weather provider; combining the first value, the second value, and the meteorological data into a weather condition at the position; and initiating the transmission of the weather condition to a second vehicle when the second vehicle is located at approximately the position. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for transmitting weather parameters comprising:
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an external server; a plurality of vehicles coupled with the external server, where each of the plurality of vehicles comprises; a weather sensor for measuring a weather parameter; a position sensor for measuring a position value; a receiver coupled with the weather sensor and the position sensor, the receiver configured to receive the weather parameter and the position value; an initiator coupled with the receiver and configured to transmit the weather parameter and the position value as a single signal to the external server; where the external server is configured to combine the single signal from the plurality of vehicles with weather data from a weather provider to determine a weather condition for a position; further where the external server is configured to provide the weather condition to at least one of the plurality of vehicles based on a current position of the at least one of the plurality of vehicles.
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