Systems and methods for autonomous road condition reporting
AssigneePony A1 Inc.
InventorsJialin Jiao, Jing Zhai
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Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable storage media are provided for autonomously reporting road conditions. The apparatus can be operated by using one or more sensors by a detecting vehicle to detect a road condition. A computer can then identify the road condition using a component and generating a road condition information. The computer can then determine an effect of the road condition on other vehicles and determine a subset of the other vehicles that will be affected by the road condition. The computer can then transmit the road condition information such that the road condition information is receivable by the subset of other vehicles.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, by a detecting vehicle, using one or more sensors, a road condition;
- identifying the road condition using a component;
- generating road condition information by generating a map comprising a density of the road condition with other road conditions based on a location of the road condition and locations of the other road conditions, wherein the map illustrates a concentration of the road condition with the other road conditions;
- determining an effect of the road condition on other vehicles;
- determining a second vehicle within a threshold proximity of the road condition;
- determining a probability of the road condition moving based on a characteristic of the road condition and a likelihood of a third vehicle hitting the road condition;
- estimating an effect of the road condition on the second vehicle;
- and
- selectively transmitting, by the detecting vehicle to the second vehicle, first instructions to change a velocity of the second vehicle while the second vehicle is approaching the road condition, based on the estimated effect,
- a weight, a ground clearance, and a wheel size of the second vehicle.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more sensors on a detecting vehicle configured to detect a road condition;
- and
- a computer on the detecting vehicle, the computer configured to:
- identify the road condition;
- generate a road condition information by generating a map comprising a density of the road condition with other road conditions based on a location of the road condition and locations of the other road conditions, wherein the map illustrates a concentration of the road condition with the other road conditions;
- determine an effect of the road condition on other vehicles;
- determine a second vehicle within a threshold proximity of the road condition;
- determine a probability of the road condition moving based on a characteristic of the road condition and a likelihood of a third vehicle hitting the road condition;
- estimate an effect of the road condition on the second vehicle;
- and
- selectively transmit, from the computer of the detecting vehicle to the second vehicle, first instructions to change a velocity of the second vehicle while the second vehicle is approaching the road condition, based on the estimated effect,
- a weight, a ground clearance, and a wheel size of the second vehicle.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in a detecting vehicle having data stored therein representing a software executable by a computer, the software comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the detecting vehicle to perform:
- detecting, using one or more sensors, a road condition;
- identifying the road condition using a component;
- generating road condition information by generating a map comprising a density of the road condition with other road conditions based on a location of the road condition and locations of the other road conditions, wherein the map illustrates a concentration of the road condition with the other road conditions;
- determining an effect of the road condition on other vehicles;
- determining a second vehicle within a threshold proximity of the road condition;
- determining a probability of the road condition moving based on a characteristic of the road condition and a likelihood of a third vehicle hitting the road condition;
- estimating an effect of the road condition on the second vehicle;
- and
- selectively transmitting, by the detecting vehicle to the second vehicle, first instructions to change a velocity of the second vehicle while the second vehicle is approaching the road condition, based on the estimated effect,
- a weight, a ground clearance, and a wheel size of the second vehicle.
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