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Crowd sourcing exterior vehicle images of traffic conditions

  • US 9,918,001 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2014
  • Issued: 03/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of reporting traffic condition images between vehicles, the method comprising:

  • providing computing devices in a plurality of vehicles, each computing device coupled to a plurality of image sensors configured for recording images on a roadway traversed by the respective vehicle;

    at each of the plurality of vehicles, recording images generated by the plurality of image sensors in the respective computing device;

    coupling vehicle operating condition data with the images;

    transmitting the images and the vehicle operating condition data from the respective computing devices through a network for storage in a crowd sourcing traffic condition control, wherein each image is stored in conjunction with time and date stamp information and coordinates of a roadway segment where the image was taken;

    upon request for traffic condition images, transmitting and displaying, to a requesting vehicle, an icon of a selected vehicle actively coupled to the crowd sourcing traffic condition control, the icon including a plurality of indicators, each depicting a location of an image sensor;

    receiving, by the crowd sourcing traffic condition control, an inquiry from the requesting vehicle for a traffic condition image from a selected image sensor of the selected vehicle, and transmitting commands to the selected vehicle for generating an image from the selected sensor;

    receiving, by the crowd sourcing traffic condition control, an image from the selected sensor of the selected vehicle; and

    transmitting, by the crowd sourcing traffic condition control, the traffic condition image to the requesting vehicle for display in the requesting vehicle.

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