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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Dimitar P. Feliv, Novi, MI (US);
Davor Hrovat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Timothy M. Feldkamp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John O. Michelini, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Imad Hassan Makki, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Route planning for road vehicles is performed taking into account a ride quality that results from the roadway conditions along road segments on a route. A plurality of vehicles equipped with controlled suspensions calculate ride quality indices as the vehicles move over a plurality of road segments. The plurality of vehicles transmit the ride quality indices tagged with respective geographic coordinates to an aggregating server. The aggregating server determines a composite ride quality index for each road segment. A subscriber generates a route planning request identifying an origin and a destination. At least one potential route is identified between the origin and the destination comprised of selected road segments. A route ride quality index is determined in response to the selected road segments, and the potential route and the route ride quality index are presented to the subscriber for selection.