Crowdsourced weather data collection and provision

摘要

A computer-implemented method of gathering data includes querying, via a vehicle computing system, a plurality of weather sensors included with a vehicle and in communication with a vehicle network. The method also includes determining whether or not appropriate conditions exist for storage of data from the sensor, for each of the sensors. Additionally, the method includes storing the data from the sensor if appropriate conditions exist. Finally, the method includes sending, from the vehicle computing system to a remote network, data from one or more queried sensors and current GPS coordinates of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
querying, via a vehicle computing system (VCS), a plurality of vehicle weather sensors in communication with a vehicle network; for each sensor, determining whether current driving parameters will result in accurate sensor data; storing the data from each sensor when current driving conditions will result in accurate sensor data from that sensor; and sending, from the VCS to a remote network, data from the sensors and current vehicle GPS coordinates.