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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yuki Okamoto, Hadano, JP;
Kosuke Futagami, Mishima, JP;
Yoshinori Watanabe, Isehara, JP;
Atsushi Sone, Susono, JP;
Sho Amagai, Susono, JP;
Atsushi Kodama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yosuke Hirate, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Taichi Kawanai, Susono, JP;
Nobuhide Kamata, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A method for inspecting a road surface condition includes the steps of obtaining detailed information on a road surface condition set for each inspection point based on a traveling record of a vehicle, and information on an own position of the vehicle, generating an inspection execution plan of the vehicle in the inspection point when the inspection point is included in a predetermined range in an advancing direction of the vehicle with the own position as a reference, performing evaluation of a road surface condition in the inspection point based on a traveling condition of the vehicle that is obtained during the inspection execution plan, and updating the detailed information on a road surface condition set for the inspection point based on latest information on the road surface condition the evaluation of which is performed.