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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Onimaru, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuki Kakinuma, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Lihoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A road surface evaluation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: acquiring driving information of each of a plurality of vehicles, including a position and an acceleration of each of the plurality of vehicles while traveling, and a map information including road information on a road where the plurality of vehicles travel; evaluating a surface roughness of the road based on accelerations of the plurality of vehicles acquired in the acquiring within a predetermined period and, when a degree of accumulation of the accelerations of the plurality of vehicles acquired within the predetermined period is less than a predetermined value, evaluating the surface roughness by complementing the acceleration of the plurality of vehicles acquired before the predetermined period; and outputting information on the surface roughness evaluated in the evaluating in association with the road information acquired in the acquiring.