Systems and methods for detecting and transmitting driving condition information related to an autonomous vehicle

One or more tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media, comprising instructions for detecting and transmitting driving condition information related to an autonomous vehicle that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive vehicle sensor information and mobile device sensor information from a driving condition database, wherein the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information are indicative of one or more stored driving conditions, and wherein the mobile device sensor information is indicative of one or more stored weather conditions;
• determine a signal strength of a connection between a communication interface communicatively coupled to the autonomous vehicle and a communication network prior to entering a first geographical region based on the one or more stored driving conditions and additional mobile device sensor information, wherein the additional mobile device sensor information is indicative of a weather condition within the first geographical region corresponding to a stored weather condition of the one or more stored weather conditions;
• in response to determining that the signal strength is greater than or equal to a threshold signal strength in the first geographic region, send additional vehicle sensor information and the additional mobile device sensor information to the driving condition database via the communication interface;
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• in response to determining that the signal strength is below the threshold signal strength in the first geographic region, store the additional vehicle sensor information and the additional mobile device sensor information in a storage device for subsequent communication by the communication interface to the driving condition database.

A method of detecting and transmitting driving condition information related to an autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• receiving driving condition information comprising stored vehicle sensor information and stored mobile device sensor information from a driving condition database, wherein the stored vehicle sensor information and the stored mobile device sensor information are indicative of one or more stored driving conditions, and wherein the stored mobile device sensor information is indicative of one or more stored weather conditions;
• receiving vehicle sensor information and mobile device sensor information, wherein the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information are indicative of one or more driving conditions, and wherein the mobile device sensor information is indicative of one or more road conditions;
• determining a signal-to-noise ratio (“SNR”) of a connection between a communication network and a communication interface configured to communicatively couple with a vehicle bus of the autonomous vehicle prior to entering a first geographical region based on the driving condition information, the vehicle sensor information, the mobile device sensor information, or any combination thereof;
• sending the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information, via the communication interface, to the driving condition database in response to determining that the SNR is greater than or equal to a threshold SNR in the first geographical region;
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• in response to determining that the SNR is below the threshold SNR in the first geographical region:
• processing the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information;
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• storing the vehicle sensor information and the mobile device sensor information in a storage device for subsequent communication by the communication interface to the driving condition database.