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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2021
SK Planet Co., Ltd., Seongnam-si, KR;
Jong Hee Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Yeonghyeon Park, Suwon-si, KR;
SK PLANET CO., LTD., Seongnam-si, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to: an apparatus and system for detecting a road surface condition, wherein the road surface condition is determined through a sound signal; and a method for detecting a road surface condition by using same. The apparatus for detecting a road surface condition according to the present invention comprises: a sensor unit which is installed on a road and measures a sound signal generated according to a moving of a moving object on the road; and a control unit which distinguishes the sound signal measured by the sensor unit into normality or abnormality and determines, in case of the abnormality, the road surface condition including at least one of rainfall (wet), frozenness (icy), slush, and snow cover (snowy) so that a quick and accurate action corresponding to the road surface condition of a specific section can be made from a distanced place.