SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING WEATHER PERFORMANCE FOR A VEHICLE

摘要

Systems and methods for obtaining data about road conditions as they pertain to an individual vehicle, using this information to build a model of vehicle behavior as a function of its environment, and aggregating information concerning multiple vehicles along with data from other sources in order to predict vehicle behavior in future environments.

主权项

1. A method for use in predicting vehicle performance over a road segment, comprising:
establishing a wireless connection between a processing unit of a vehicle and a database having road surface information for a travel path of the vehicle, wherein said road surface information is compiled from vehicles previously passing over at least a portion of said travel path; receiving, at the processing unit, road surface information for upcoming road segments along said travel path; accessing stored profile information for the vehicle, wherein said profile information includes wheel slip information indexed to at least a portion of said road surface information; calculating an estimated wheel slip of said vehicle for at least one upcoming road segment along said travel path using said stored profile information and said road surface information; and upon said estimated wheel slip exceeding a predetermined threshold, generating a safety output.