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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dean K. Jackson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/04 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method in a communication device equipped with an electronic circuit includes obtaining a geographic location of a vehicle in which the communication device operates; monitoring at least one sensor signal that corresponds to road quality; determining a road quality indication of the geographic location based on the at least one sensor signal; transmitting the geographic location and the road quality indication to a server; and determining, using an information received from the server, whether the road quality indication differs from an average road quality indicia for the geographic location.