# US 2014/0152470 A1 · Vehicle-Induced Roadway Debris Monitoring > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152470 A1 - Document ID: US20140152470A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/174,873 - Filed: 2014-02-07 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-07-09 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad; John E. Moore, JR.; Rajeshkumar N. Singi; Robert R. Wentworth - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152470A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/0967: Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits (transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) - G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]} - G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of monitoring vehicles is provided, the method including: generating a debris report of an incident relating to vehicle-induced roadway debris, the debris report generated by a reporting vehicle; in a monitored vehicle distinct from the reporting vehicle, updating an incident record for the monitored vehicle based on the debris report and determining, based on the updated incident record, whether the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in a vicinity of the incident; and initiating a safety action to be performed on the monitored vehicle in response to a determination that the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in the vicinity of the incident. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method of monitoring vehicles, the method comprising: generating a debris report of an incident relating to vehicle-induced roadway debris, the debris report generated by a reporting vehicle; in a monitored vehicle distinct from the reporting vehicle, updating an incident record for the monitored vehicle based on the debris report and determining, based on the updated incident record, whether the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in a vicinity of the incident; and initiating a safety action to be performed on the monitored vehicle in response to a determination that the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in the vicinity of the incident. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the debris report includes location information corresponding to a location of the reporting vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting vehicle includes a set of sensors for detecting the vehicle-induced roadway debris. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the vehicle-induced roadway debris is caused by the reporting vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the reporting vehicle includes a set of sensors for detecting an impact of the vehicle-induced roadway debris on the reporting vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the incident record comprises a count corresponding to a number of incidents associated with the monitored vehicle, the method further comprising determining whether the monitored vehicle is an unsafe vehicle in response to the count exceeding a preconfigured threshold. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the safety action comprises sending a notification to an entity managing maintenance of the monitored vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the safety action includes dispatching a road crew to a location associated with the debris report. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving location data for a subscribing vehicle; and providing a warning to the subscribing vehicle in response to at least one of: identification of a recent incident corresponding to the location data or identification of a potentially unsafe monitored vehicle corresponding to the location data. ### Claim 10 A system comprising: at least one computing device for implementing a method of monitoring vehicles, the method comprising: generating a debris report of an incident relating to vehicle-induced roadway debris, the debris report generated by a reporting vehicle; in a monitored vehicle distinct from the reporting vehicle, updating an incident record for the monitored vehicle based on the debris report and determining, based on the updated incident record, whether the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in a vicinity of the incident; and initiating a safety action to be performed on the monitored vehicle in response to a determination that the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in the vicinity of the incident. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the debris report includes location information corresponding to a location of the reporting vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the reporting vehicle includes a set of sensors for detecting the vehicle-induced roadway debris. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the vehicle-induced roadway debris is caused by the reporting vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the reporting vehicle includes a set of sensors for detecting an impact of the vehicle-induced roadway debris on the reporting vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the incident record comprises a count corresponding to a number of incidents associated with the monitored vehicle, the method further comprising determining whether the monitored vehicle is an unsafe vehicle in response to the count exceeding a preconfigured threshold. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the safety action comprises sending a notification to an entity managing maintenance of the monitored vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the safety action includes dispatching a road crew to a location associated with the debris report. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising: receiving location data for a subscribing vehicle; and providing a warning to the subscribing vehicle in response to at least one of: identification of a recent incident corresponding to the location data or identification of a potentially unsafe monitored vehicle corresponding to the location data. ### Claim 19 A vehicular monitoring system, comprising: a reporting vehicle; a monitored vehicle distinct from the reporting vehicle; the reporting vehicle comprising a computer system for generating a debris report of an incident relating to vehicle-induced roadway debris; the monitored vehicle comprising a system for updating an incident record for the monitored vehicle based on the debris report and determining, based on the updated incident record, whether the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in a vicinity of the incident; and a system for initiating a safety action to be performed on the monitored vehicle in response to a determination that the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in the vicinity of the incident.