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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Rander, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David McAllister Bradley, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew Wood, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/064 (2012.01); B60W 40/068 (2012.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2013.01); B60W 40/064 (2013.01); B60W 40/068 (2013.01); B60W 2550/14 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer system operates to determine a traction value for each of a plurality of regions of the road network. A region of the road network for which the traction value is unknown is identified. A vehicle is directed to operate over the region of the road network to obtain additional data that is indicative of a current traction value.