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Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Timothy J. Chainer, Putnam Valley, NY (US);

Pritish R. Parida, Fishkill, NY (US);

Marc A. Taubenblatt, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2530/10 (2013.01); B60W 2530/20 (2013.01); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02);
Abstract

A method of detecting and identifying road surface defects is provided. Motion and position information is received from a plurality of vehicles. A profile is retrieved for a particular vehicle from a database of vehicle profiles by using an identifier of the particular vehicle. One or more criteria are identified for detecting a particular type of road surface defect based on the retrieved profile of the particular vehicle. Upon determining that the received motion and position data satisfies the identified criteria, a detection of a road surface defect of the particular type and a location associated with the detected road surface defect based on the received position information is reported.


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