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Reporting road event data and sharing with other vehicles

  • US 9,947,224 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2016
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving an information report relating to a driving condition, wherein the information report is autonomously generated by a processing system of an autonomous vehicle within a fleet of autonomous vehicles;

    receiving sensor data representative of a surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle from at least one sensor on the autonomous vehicle;

    determining an importance of information contained within the information report to the fleet of autonomous vehicles;

    based on the importance of the information contained within the information report to the fleet of autonomous vehicles, providing for display of a control menu that allows for validation of the information report on a user interface of a computing device that is remote from the autonomous vehicle, wherein the user interface displays a representation of the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle based on the received sensor data;

    receiving input data from the user interface indicating validation of the information report;

    after receiving the input data from the user interface indicating the validation of the information report, determining a driving information map that includes the validated information report; and

    providing portions of the driving information map to one or more other autonomous vehicles within the fleet of autonomous vehicles.

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