System for determining weather information and providing ambient parameter data
AssigneeHarman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
InventorChristian Brulle-Drews
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Abstract
A system that collects parametric information that reflects local weather conditions receives signals from sensors. The signals are transmitted to a server that combines the information contained within the signals with weather data to determine local weather conditions and develop forecasts. The local weather conditions and forecasts may be transmitted to a vehicle and may be combined with navigation information to optimize travel routes.
Claims36
A system on a vehicle for providing a weather condition comprising:
- a sensor configured to measure an ambient parameter;
- a receiver that receives a value of the ambient parameter from the sensor and receives a position parameter of the vehicle identifying a position of the vehicle, where the ambient parameter and the position parameter are combined as the weather data;
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- an initiator that initiates the transmission of the weather data to an external server from the receiver, where the external server receives meteorological data from a meteorological station that is combined with the weather data to determine the weather condition at the position of the vehicle.
A control system on a vehicle comprising:
- receiving means configured to receive a value from a sensor associated with an ambient parameter;
- navigating means configured to determine a position of the vehicle;
- combining means configured to combine the value of the ambient parameter from the sensor with the position of the vehicle into a combined parameter value;
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- initiating means configured to initiate a transmission of the combined parameter value to an external server, where the value is combined with meteorological data from a meteorological station at the external server, the external server determining a current weather condition at the position of the vehicle based on the combined parameter value and the meteorological data for that position, where the meteorological data is a weather forecast for a local area, the local area being the immediate surroundings of the approximate position of the vehicle.
A method for providing weather condition, comprising:
- receiving a first value of an ambient parameter associated with a sensor on a first vehicle, where the first value includes a position of the first vehicle;
- receiving a second value of an ambient parameter at the position of the first vehicle from a weather provider;
- receiving meteorological data from a weather provider;
- combining the first value, the second value, and the meteorological data into a weather condition at the position;
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- initiating the transmission of the weather condition to a second vehicle when the second vehicle is located at approximately the position.
A system for transmitting weather parameters comprising:
- an external server;
- a plurality of vehicles coupled with the external server, where each of the plurality of vehicles comprises:
- a weather sensor for measuring a weather parameter;
- a position sensor for measuring a position value;
- a receiver coupled with the weather sensor and the position sensor, the receiver configured to receive the weather parameter and the position value;
- an initiator coupled with the receiver and configured to transmit the weather parameter and the position value as a single signal to the external server;
- where the external server is configured to combine the single signal from the plurality of vehicles with weather data from a weather provider to determine a weather condition for a position;
- further where the external server is configured to provide the weather condition to at least one of the plurality of vehicles based on a current position of the at least one of the plurality of vehicles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.