Method and system for vehicle data collection

摘要

The present disclosure describes roadway map updating using vehicle performance and location information from plural vehicles.

主权项

1. A vehicle, comprising: plural on board sensors to sense vehicle performance and location information; a data collection module operable to collect vehicle performance and location information and provide the collected vehicle performance and location information to a map updating module for updating a roadway navigation map; and a reporting module to provide a vehicle operator with the updated roadway navigation map, wherein the updated roadway navigation map comprises vehicle performance and location information collected from other vehicles having different owners, wherein the map updating module measures travel times of different vehicles for a plurality of routes and stores the measured travel times against specific days and/or times and/or holidays and wherein, in providing the driving directions to the reporting module to provide to the vehicle operator, the map updating module maps a current day against a measured travel time for the same day of the week and/or time and/or holiday on a different date.