IP Library Granted Patent US 10,977,933
Granted Patent B2
US 10,977,933 · App. 16/016,502 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

Method and apparatus for predicting road conditions based on big data

Inventors: Dan Zhao (Hangzhou, CN); Zhijia Liu (Hangzhou, CN); Kai Wu (Hangzhou, CN); Dengpo Fu (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
G08G1/0112G08G1/0129
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Patent No.
US 10,977,933
App. No.
16/016,502
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for predicting road conditions based on big data. One exemplary method comprises: collecting driving data associated with a road section; comparing the collected driving data with a normal observation sample to determine whether the driving data is abnormal data, putting the abnormal data and the road section into an abnormality database in response to the driving data being abnormal data, and continuously recording driving data of this road section; determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the number of occurrences of abnormal data associated with the road section; and predicting a reason for the abnormality of the road section determined as the abnormal road section, according to a preset model. The technical solutions provided by the present disclosure can help accurately predict road conditions by analyzing big data, thereby saving manpower and material resources.

Claims (75)

1. A method for predicting road conditions, comprising:

collecting driving data reflecting pavement conditions associated with a road section, the driving data recorded by one or more pavement detection instruments distributed on vehicles running on the road section;

comparing the collected driving data with a normal sample, to determine whether the driving data is abnormal data;

determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section by comparing a number of occurrences of abnormal data associated with the road section with a preset threshold; predicting a reason for abnormality of the road section by applying a preset model to the collected driving data, in response to the road section being an abnormal road section, the reason for abnormality being associated with a type and a cause of a damage to the pavement conditions of the road section; and

providing the reason for abnormality of the road to a user to perform maintenance to the road section based on the predicted type and cause of the damage to the pavement conditions of the road section.

2. The method for predicting road conditions according to claim 1 , wherein comparing the collected driving data with a normal sample, to determine whether the driving data is abnormal data comprises:

determining a road condition evaluation value corresponding to the road section, based on the collected driving data;

comparing the determined road condition evaluation value with a road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample;

determining that the driving data is normal data in response to the determined road condition evaluation value being in the road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample; or

determining that the driving data of the road section is abnormal data in response to the determined road condition evaluation value not being in the road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample.

3. The method for predicting road conditions according to claim 2 , wherein determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the number of occurrences of abnormal data associated with the road section comprises:

in response to the number of continuous occurrences of abnormal data being greater than the present threshold, determining that the road section is an abnormal road section; or in response to the number of continuous occurrences of abnormal data being not greater than the preset threshold:

collecting additional driving data associated with the road section;

assigning a weight to the determined road condition evaluation value corresponding to the additional driving data according to the numbers of occurrences of abnormal data and normal data; and

determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight.

4. The method for predicting road conditions according to claim 3 , wherein assigning a weight to the determined road condition evaluation value corresponding to the additional driving data comprises:

in response to current driving data being abnormal data, raising the weight according to a cumulative number of occurrences of abnormal data; or

in response to the current driving data being normal data, lowering the weight according to a cumulative number of occurrences of normal data.

5. The method for predicting road conditions according to claim 4 , wherein determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight comprises:

determining that the road section is a normal road section in response to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight being less than a first set threshold; or

determining that the road section is an abnormal road section in response to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight being greater than a second set threshold.

6. The method for predicting road conditions according to claim 2 , further comprising:

determining that the road section is an abnormal road section in response to the determined road condition evaluation value being greater than a third set threshold.

7. An apparatus for predicting road conditions, comprising:

a memory storing a set of instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the set of instructions to cause the apparatus to perform:

collecting driving data reflecting pavement conditions associated with a road section, the driving data recorded by one or more pavement detection instruments distributed on vehicles running on the road section;

comparing the collected driving data with a normal sample, to determine whether the driving data is abnormal data;

determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the by comparing a number of occurrences of abnormal data associated with the road section with a preset threshold;

predicting a reason for abnormality of the road section by applying a preset model to the collected driving data, in response to the road section being an abnormal road section, the reason for abnormality being associated with a type and a cause of a damage to the pavement conditions of the road section; and

providing the reason for abnormality of the road to a user to perform maintenance to the road section based on the predicted type and cause of the damage to the pavement conditions of the road section.

8. The apparatus for predicting road conditions according to claim 7 , wherein comparing the collected driving data with the normal sample, to determine whether the driving data is abnormal data further comprises:

determining a road condition evaluation value corresponding to the road section, based on the collected driving data;

comparing the determined road condition evaluation value with a road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample;

determining that the driving data is normal data, in response to the determined road condition evaluation value being in the road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample; or

determining that the driving data of the road section is abnormal data, in response to the determined road condition evaluation value being not in the road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample.

9. The apparatus for predicting road conditions according to claim 8 , wherein determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the number of occurrences of abnormal data associated with the road section further comprises:

in response to determining that the number of continuous occurrences of abnormal data is greater than the preset threshold, determining that the road section is an abnormal road section; and

in response to determining that the number of continuous occurrences of abnormal data is not greater than the preset threshold:

collecting additional driving data associated with the road section;

assigning a weight to the determined road condition evaluation value corresponding to the additional driving data according to the numbers of occurrences of abnormal data and normal data; and

determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight.

10. The apparatus for predicting road conditions according to claim 9 , wherein assigning a weight to the determined road condition evaluation value corresponding to the additional driving data further comprises:

in response to current driving data being abnormal data, raising the weight according to a cumulative number of occurrences of abnormal data; and

in response to the current driving data being normal data, lowering the weight according to a cumulative number of occurrences of normal data.

11. The apparatus for predicting road conditions according to claim 10 , wherein determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight further comprises:

determining that the road section is a normal road section in response to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight being less than a first set threshold; and

determining that the road section is an abnormal road section in response to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight being greater than a second set threshold.

12. The apparatus for predicting road conditions according to claim 8 , wherein determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section further comprises:

determining that the road section is an abnormal road section in response to the determined road condition evaluation value being greater than a third set threshold.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a set of instructions that is executable by at least one processor of a computer to cause the computer to perform a method for predicting road conditions, the method comprising:

collecting driving data reflecting pavement conditions associated with a road section, the driving data recorded by one or more pavement detection instruments distributed on vehicles running on the road section;

comparing the collected driving data with a normal sample, to determine whether the driving data is abnormal data;

determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section by comparing a number of occurrences of abnormal data associated with the road section with a preset threshold;

predicting a reason for abnormality of the road section by applying a preset model to the collected driving data, in response to the road section being an abnormal road section, the reason for abnormality being associated with a type and a cause of a damage to the pavement conditions of the road section; and

providing the reason for abnormality of the road to a user to perform maintenance to the road section based on the predicted type and cause of the damage to the pavement conditions of the road section.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein comparing the collected driving data with a normal sample, to determine whether the driving data is abnormal data comprises:

determining a road condition evaluation value corresponding to the road section, based on the collected driving data;

comparing the determined road condition evaluation value with a road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample;

determining that the driving data is normal data, in response to the determined road condition evaluation value being in the road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample; or

determining that the driving data of the road section is abnormal data, in response to the determined road condition evaluation value being not in the road condition evaluation value range corresponding to the normal sample.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the number of occurrences of abnormal data associated with the road section comprises:

in response to the number of continuous occurrences of abnormal data being greater than a set the preset threshold, determining that the road section is an abnormal road section; and

in response to the number of continuous occurrences of abnormal data being not greater than the preset threshold:

collecting additional driving data associated with the road section;

assigning a weight to the determined road condition evaluation value corresponding to the additional driving data according to the numbers of occurrences of abnormal data and normal data; and

determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein assigning a weight to the determined road condition evaluation value corresponding to the additional driving data comprises:

in response to current driving data being abnormal data, raising the weight according to a cumulative number of occurrences of abnormal data; and

in response to the current driving data being normal data, lowering the weight according to a cumulative number of occurrences of normal data.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to according to claim 16 , wherein determining whether the road section is an abnormal road section according to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight comprises:

determining that the road section is a normal road section in response to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight being less than a first set threshold; and

determining that the road section is an abnormal road section in response to the product of the determined road condition evaluation value and the assigned weight being greater than a second set threshold.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to according to claim 14 , further comprising:

determining that the road section is an abnormal road section in response to the determined road condition evaluation value being greater than a third set threshold.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2026
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: CLOUD INTELLIGENCE ASSETS HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 075478/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: LIU, ZHIJIA
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055544/0070 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2020
From: ZHAO, DAN; WU, KAI; FU, DENGPO
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053259/0441 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201510976430.1 · Dec 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
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