Method for correcting the roughness of pavement
OwnerSteven M. Karamihas, Michael J. Swaninventors
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Abstract
A method for correcting roughness of pavement wherein the steps include measuring an elevation profile of the pavement, converting the elevation profile to a roughness profile, and identifying defective segments of the roughness profile as those areas of the profile exceeding a predetermined value. A grinder is simulated over the defective segments to provide a modified elevation profile. The modified elevation profile is converted to a modified roughness profile wherein corrected defective segments are identified as defective segments in the roughness profile that exceed the predetermined value in the modified roughness profile. A grinding operation is then applied to those areas of the pavement corresponding to the defective segments.
Claims18
A method for correcting roughness of pavement, comprising the steps of:
- establishing an elevation profile of the pavement that indicates defective segments therein;
- simulating a grinder over the defective segments to establish a modified elevation profile of the pavement;
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- grinding the defective segments of the pavement in response to the modified elevation profile established by the grinder simulation to correct the defective segments.
A method for correcting roughness of pavement, comprising the steps of:
- establishing an elevation profile of the pavement that indicates defective segments;
- simulating a grinder over the defective segments to provide a modified elevation profile;
- converting the modified elevation profile to a modified roughness profile;
- identifying corrected defective segments as defective segments in the roughness profile that are no longer defective segments in the modified roughness profile;
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- grinding the defective segments of the pavement in response to the modified elevation profile established by the grinder simulation in order to obtain corrected defective segments in the pavement.
A method for correcting roughness of the pavement, comprising the steps of:
- measuring an elevation profile of the pavement;
- converting the elevation profile to an averaged roughness profile;
- identifying defective segments as areas of the roughness profile that exceed a predetermined value;
- simulating a grinder over the defective segments to provide a modified elevation profile;
- converting the modified elevation profile to a modified roughness profile;
- identifying corrected defective segments as defective segments in the roughness profile that are no longer defective segments in the modified roughness profile;
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- grinding the defective segments in the pavement in response to the modified elevation profile established by the grinder simulation in order to correct defective segments in the pavement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.