Traffic Obstruction Notification System Based on Wireless Vehicle Data

A system comprising:

• a DSRC receiver of a second DSRC-equipped vehicle that is operable to receive a DSRC message that includes path history data describing a path of a first DSRC-equipped vehicle with lane-level accuracy over a plurality of different times while the first DSRC-equipped vehicle is traveling on a roadway;
• an onboard vehicle computer system of the second DSRC-equipped vehicle that is communicatively coupled to the DSRC receiver to receive the path history data from the DSRC receiver, the onboard vehicle computer system including a non-transitory memory storing computer code which, when executed by the onboard vehicle computer system causes the onboard vehicle computer system to:
• determine a presence of an obstruction in a specific lane of the roadway based on the path history data, wherein the obstruction is indicated by the path history data because the path history data indicates that the obstruction affected the path of the first DSRC-equipped vehicle while traveling in the specific lane of the roadway;
• and
• provide a recommendation to a driver of the second DSRC-equipped vehicle, wherein the recommendation describes the presence of the obstruction in the specific lane of the roadway.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory memory of an onboard vehicle computer system of a second DSRC-equipped vehicle storing computer-executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• receive a DSRC message that includes path history data describing a path of a first DSRC-equipped vehicle with lane-level accuracy over a plurality of different times while the first DSRC-equipped vehicle is traveling on a roadway;
• determine a presence of an obstruction in a specific lane of the roadway based on the path history data, wherein the obstruction is indicated by the path history data because the path history data indicates that the obstruction affected the path of the first DSRC-equipped vehicle while traveling in the specific lane of the roadway;
• and
• provide a recommendation to a driver of the second DSRC-equipped vehicle, wherein the recommendation describes the presence of the obstruction in the specific lane of the roadway.