SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A ROAD SURFACE

摘要

A method for classifying a road surface being traversed by a vehicle. The method comprises receiving one or more electrical signals each representative of a vibration detected by a sensor carried by the vehicle. The method further comprises identifying, for at least one of the received electrical signals, a pattern in the detected vibration represented by that/those signal(s), and matching the identified pattern to one of one or more known patterns, wherein each known pattern corresponds to a respective road surface classification. The method further comprises classifying the road surface in accordance with the road surface classification corresponding to the known pattern matching the identified pattern. A system comprising one or more sensors carried by the vehicle that is/are configured to detect a vibration, and a pattern classification system for performing the methodology described above, is also provided.

主权项

1. A method for classifying a road surface being traversed by a vehicle, comprising:
receiving, at a pattern classification system, one or more electrical signals each representative of a vibration detected by a sensor carried by the vehicle; for at least one of the received electrical signals, identifying, by the pattern classification system, a pattern in the detected vibration represented thereby, and matching, by the pattern classification system, the identified pattern to one of one or more known patterns, wherein each known pattern corresponds to a respective road surface classification; and classifying, by the pattern classification system, the road surface in accordance with the road surface classification corresponding to the known pattern matching the identified pattern.