Systems and methods for predicting weather performance for a vehicle
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1. A method for use in predicting vehicle performance over a road segment, comprising:
- receiving, via wireless connections, a plurality of road surface reports from vehicles traveling over one or more roads, said road surface reports each including;
a location of a reporting vehicle; and
road surface information associated with monitored road conditions as determined by the reporting vehicle;
storing said road surface information to a database;
identifying a vehicle having a travel path corresponding to a location associated with at least one of said road surface reports;
identifying a vehicle profile for the vehicle, wherein said vehicle profile includes at least one vehicle performance characteristic indexed to road surface conditions;
calculating one or more vehicle performance characteristics for the vehicle based on said vehicle profile and said road surface information associated with said travel path; and
upon the one or more vehicle performance characteristics exceeding a predetermined threshold, generating an output for receipt by the vehicle.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for obtaining data about road conditions as they pertain to an individual vehicle, using this information to build a model of vehicle behavior as a function of its environment, and aggregating information concerning multiple vehicles along with data from other sources in order to predict vehicle behavior in future environments.
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1. A method for use in predicting vehicle performance over a road segment, comprising:
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receiving, via wireless connections, a plurality of road surface reports from vehicles traveling over one or more roads, said road surface reports each including; a location of a reporting vehicle; and road surface information associated with monitored road conditions as determined by the reporting vehicle; storing said road surface information to a database; identifying a vehicle having a travel path corresponding to a location associated with at least one of said road surface reports; identifying a vehicle profile for the vehicle, wherein said vehicle profile includes at least one vehicle performance characteristic indexed to road surface conditions; calculating one or more vehicle performance characteristics for the vehicle based on said vehicle profile and said road surface information associated with said travel path; and upon the one or more vehicle performance characteristics exceeding a predetermined threshold, generating an output for receipt by the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for use in predicting vehicle performance over a road segment, comprising:
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receiving, via wireless connections, a plurality of road surface reports from vehicles traveling over one or more roads, the road surface reports each including a location of a reporting vehicle and road surface information associated with monitored road conditions as determined by the reporting vehicle; storing said road surface information to a database; generating a road surface profile for a segment of a roadway based on said road surface reports including surface conditions for the segment of the roadway; updating said road surface profile based on subsequent road surface reports from reporting vehicles passing over the segment of the roadway; and upon a current road surface condition of the segment of the roadway falling below a predetermined threshold, generating a output. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 20)
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15. A method for use in predicting vehicle performance over a road segment, comprising:
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establishing a wireless connection between a vehicle moving along a travel path and a database having road surface information for said travel path of the vehicle, wherein said road surface information is compiled from vehicles previously passing over at least a portion of said travel path; accessing said road surface information from the database for one or more upcoming road segments along said travel path; accessing stored profile information for the vehicle, wherein said profile information includes at least one vehicle performance characteristic indexed to road surface conditions; calculating a vehicle performance value for the vehicle for at least one of said upcoming road segments along said travel path using said stored profile information and said road surface information; and upon said vehicle performance value exceeding a predetermined threshold, generating an output for receipt by a control system of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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