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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Mark Schunder, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steven Joseph Szwabowski, Northville, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Perry Robinson Macneille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Mark Schunder, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steven Joseph Szwabowski, Northville, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of gathering data includes querying, via a vehicle computing system, a plurality of weather sensors included with a vehicle and in communication with a vehicle network. The method also includes determining whether or not appropriate conditions exist for storage of data from the sensor, for each of the sensors. Additionally, the method includes storing the data from the sensor if appropriate conditions exist. Finally, the method includes sending, from the vehicle computing system to a remote network, data from one or more queried sensors and current GPS coordinates of the vehicle.