Evaluating road conditions using a mobile vehicle
First Claim
1. A method of evaluating a real-time physical condition of a construct of a roadway, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor executing instruction from a non-transitory computer readable storage media, a set of roadway vibration patterns from a mobile smart sensor, wherein the mobile smart sensor is mounted on a terrestrial vehicle that is traveling on a roadway, and wherein the set of roadway vibration patterns is created by a physical contact between a roadway surface of the roadway and at least one tire on the terrestrial vehicle;
receiving, by the processor executing instruction from the non-transitory computer readable storage media, a set of transient data from a probe on the terrestrial vehicle, wherein the transient data describes a real-time transient environmental condition at the roadway; and
inputting, by the processor executing instruction from the non-transitory computer readable storage media, the set of roadway vibration patterns and the set of transient data into an analysis algorithm in order to determine a real-time physical condition of a construct of the roadway, wherein the analysis algorithm removes any effect the set of transient data has on the set of roadway vibration patterns.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product evaluates a real-time condition of a construct of a roadway. A processor receives a set of roadway vibration patterns from a mobile smart sensor that is mounted on a terrestrial vehicle as it travels along a roadway. This set of roadway vibration patterns is created by a physical contact between a roadway surface of the roadway and a tire on the terrestrial vehicle. The processor also receives a set of transient data from a probe on the terrestrial vehicle. This transient data describes a real-time transient environmental condition at the roadway. The set of roadway vibration patterns and the set of transient data are input into an analysis algorithm to determine a real-time physical condition of a construct of the roadway, such that the analysis algorithm removes any effect the set of transient data has on the set of roadway vibration patterns.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of evaluating a real-time physical condition of a construct of a roadway, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor executing instruction from a non-transitory computer readable storage media, a set of roadway vibration patterns from a mobile smart sensor, wherein the mobile smart sensor is mounted on a terrestrial vehicle that is traveling on a roadway, and wherein the set of roadway vibration patterns is created by a physical contact between a roadway surface of the roadway and at least one tire on the terrestrial vehicle; receiving, by the processor executing instruction from the non-transitory computer readable storage media, a set of transient data from a probe on the terrestrial vehicle, wherein the transient data describes a real-time transient environmental condition at the roadway; and inputting, by the processor executing instruction from the non-transitory computer readable storage media, the set of roadway vibration patterns and the set of transient data into an analysis algorithm in order to determine a real-time physical condition of a construct of the roadway, wherein the analysis algorithm removes any effect the set of transient data has on the set of roadway vibration patterns. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for evaluating a real-time physical condition of a construct of a roadway, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage media; first program instructions to receive a set of roadway vibration patterns from a mobile smart sensor, wherein the mobile smart sensor is mounted on a terrestrial vehicle that is traveling on a roadway, and wherein the set of roadway vibration patterns is created by a physical contact between a roadway surface of the roadway and at least one tire on the terrestrial vehicle; second program instructions to receive a set of transient data from a probe on the terrestrial vehicle, wherein the transient data describes a real-time transient environmental condition at the roadway; and third program instructions to receive an input of the set of roadway vibration patterns and the set of transient data into an analysis algorithm in order to determine a real-time physical condition of a construct of the roadway, wherein the analysis algorithm removes any effect the set of transient data has on the set of roadway vibration patterns; and
whereinthe first, second, and third program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage media. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage media; first program instructions to receive a set of roadway vibration patterns from a mobile smart sensor, wherein the mobile smart sensor is mounted on a terrestrial vehicle that is traveling on a roadway, and wherein the set of roadway vibration patterns is created by a physical contact between a roadway surface of the roadway and at least one tire on the terrestrial vehicle; second program instructions to receive a set of transient data from a probe on the terrestrial vehicle, wherein the transient data describes a real-time transient environmental condition at the roadway; and third program instructions to receive an input of the set of roadway vibration patterns and the set of transient data into an analysis algorithm in order to determine a real-time physical condition of a construct of the roadway, wherein the analysis algorithm removes any effect the set of transient data has on the set of roadway vibration patterns; and
whereinthe first, second, and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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