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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

John E. Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);

Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Marietta, GA (US);

Robert R. Wentworth, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0967 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of monitoring vehicles is provided, the method including: generating a debris report of an incident relating to vehicle-induced roadway debris, the debris report generated by a reporting vehicle; in a monitored vehicle distinct from the reporting vehicle, updating an incident record for the monitored vehicle based on the debris report and determining, based on the updated incident record, whether the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in a vicinity of the incident; and initiating a safety action to be performed on the monitored vehicle in response to a determination that the monitored vehicle is associated with the incident or in the vicinity of the incident.


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