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US 2026/0204158 A1Published application
Method for determining a road condition
AssigneeMercedes-Benz Group AG
InventorsAndreas PETROVIC, Jannis KIOURTSIDIS
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Abstract
A road condition is determined using vehicles of a vehicle fleet connected to a central computer unit using data technology. Satellite images of the Earth's surface are received by the central computer unit. Image information of road surfaces is extracted from the received satellite images in the central computer unit by digital map data. Aa road condition of route sections of a respective road is determined from the extracted image information of the road surfaces by a learning algorithm.
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A method for determining a road condition comprising:
- receiving, by a central computer unit, satellite images of Earth's surface;
- extracting, by the central computer unit using digital map data, image information of road surfaces from the received satellite images;
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- determining, using a learning algorithm, a road condition of route sections of a respective road from the extracted image information of the road surfaces,
- wherein vehicles of a vehicle fleet are connected to the central computer unit using data technology.
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