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Technologies for assisting vehicles with changing road conditions

US9550495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 24, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/84
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Technologies for assisting vehicles with changing road conditions includes vehicle assistance data based on crowd-sourced road data received from a plurality of vehicles and/or infrastructure sensors. The crowd-sourced road data may be associated with a particular section of roadway and may be used to various characteristics of the roadway such as grade, surface, hazardous conditions, and so forth. The vehicle assistance data may be provided to an in-vehicle computing device to assist or facilitate traversal of the roadway.

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