Systems and methods for monitoring and reporting road quality
To monitor and report road quality, a server device is configured to receive, from a plurality of vehicles, respective reports, each of the reports indicating a geographic road location of a vehicle and a road quality indication for the geographic location; update, using the reports, a table correlating geographic road locations and road quality indications; determine average road quality indicia for a geographic road location, based on the road quality indications in the table; and in response to a query from a communication device, provide the communication device with an information update based on at least the average road quality indicia.
1. A method for monitoring and reporting road quality by a server device comprising an electronic circuit, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, from a plurality of vehicles, respective reports, each of the reports indicating a geographic road location of a vehicle and a road quality indication for the geographic location;
updating, using the reports, a table correlating geographic road locations and road quality indications;
determining average road quality indicia for a geographic road location, based on the road quality indications in the table; and
in response to a query from a communication device, providing the communication device with an information update based on at least the average road quality indicia.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information update includes an updated navigation route.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information update includes an updated map.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information update includes an updated road quality indication algorithm.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information update includes the average road quality indicia.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the reports further indicates a route the corresponding vehicle is currently traveling.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the reports further includes raw sensor data.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the reports further indicates a make and a model of the corresponding vehicle.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the reports further indicates a date corresponding to the road quality indication.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query requests the information update based on at least one of:
the road quality indication,
a calibration factor for the vehicle, or
a calibration factor for the geographic location.
11. A server device comprising:
an electronic circuit, and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program for analyzing road quality information, the computer program configured to cause the computer to perform the steps of:
receiving, from a plurality of vehicles, respective reports, each of the reports indicating a geographic road location of a vehicle and a road quality indication for the geographic location,
updating, using the reports, a table correlating geographic road locations and road quality indications,
determining average road quality indicia for a geographic road location, based on the road quality indications in the table, and
in response to a query from a communication device, providing the communication device with an information update based on at least the average road quality indicia.
12. The server device of claim 11 , wherein the information update includes an updated navigation route.
13. The server device of claim 11 , wherein the information update includes an updated map.
14. The server device of claim 11 , wherein the information update includes an updated road quality indication algorithm.
15. The server device of claim 11 , wherein the information update includes the average road quality indicia.
16. The server device of claim 11 , wherein each of the reports further indicates a route the corresponding vehicle is currently traveling.
17. The server device of claim 11 , wherein each of the reports further includes raw sensor data.
18. The server device of claim 11 , wherein each of the reports further indicates a make and a model of the corresponding vehicle.
19. The server device of claim 11 , wherein each of the reports further indicates a date corresponding to the road quality indication.
20. The server device of claim 11 , wherein the query requests the information update based on at least one of:
the road quality indication,
a calibration factor for the vehicle, or
a calibration factor for the geographic location.