Systems and methods for generating heat maps
A system for generating a heat map corresponding to a difficult road topography includes one or more processors, network interface hardware, and one or more memory modules. When the machine-readable instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the system is caused to: receive vehicle swarm data related to at least the vehicle performance and the vehicle occupant, wherein at least a portion of the vehicle swarm data is generated by one or more vehicle sensors mounted to a vehicle of a vehicle swarm; determine the difficult road topography based on the vehicle swarm data; generate a heat map of the difficult road topography, wherein the heat map is based upon an aggregate number of times that a determination is made that a location has difficult road topography; and provide the heat map to a user though a user device.
1 . A system for generating a heat map corresponding to a difficult road topography, the system comprising:
one or more processors;
network interface hardware communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors that store machine-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
receive vehicle swarm data related to at least a vehicle performance and a vehicle occupant, wherein at least a portion of the vehicle swarm data is generated by one or more vehicle sensors mounted to a vehicle of a vehicle swarm;
determine the difficult road topography based on the vehicle swarm data;
generate a heat map of the difficult road topography, wherein the heat map is based upon an aggregate number of times that a determination is made that a location has difficult road topography;
provide the heat map to a user though a user device;
receive historical data including at least historical road data and weather data; and
update the difficult road topography based on the historical data, wherein the heat map includes a toggle for the user to view the heat map in different weather.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the difficult road topography includes at least one of a short ramp, a pot hole, a difficult junction, a sharp turn, a sharp curve, a flooded roadway, a blind spot, a sharp incline or decline, or an icy bridge.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the difficult road topography is determined based on at least one of rates of decelerations, angles of steering, a likelihood to be in an accident, a driver's discomfort, or a driver's alertness.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the heat map is comprised of a first color at a location of determined difficult road topography greater than or equal to a threshold and a second color at a location of determined difficult road topography less than the threshold.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle sensors include at least one of a GPS, a predictive maintenance API, one or more cameras, one or more ultrasonic sensors, one or more audio sensors, or an echo location mapping.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the machine-readable instructions further causes the system to:
determine a type of road topography based on the vehicle swarm data; and
organize the heat map based on the type of road topography, wherein the user can toggle the type of road topography.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the heat map includes a toggle for the user to view the difficult road topography at different times of a day.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle is non-autonomous; and
the machine-readable instructions further cause the system to:
generate an alert to a driver of the vehicle when the vehicle approaches a location of determined difficult road topography above a threshold.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle is autonomous; and
the machine-readable instructions further cause the system to:
generate a path with a minimal amount of locations of determined difficult road topography above a threshold.
10 . A method for generating a heat map corresponding to a difficult road topography, the method comprising:
receiving vehicle swarm data related to at least a vehicle performance and a vehicle occupant, wherein at least a portion of the vehicle swarm data is generated by one or more vehicle sensors mounted to a vehicle of a vehicle swarm;
determining the difficult road topography based on the vehicle swarm data;
generating a heat map of the difficult road topography, wherein the heat map is based upon an aggregate number of times that a determination is made that a location has difficult road topography;
providing the heat map to a user though a user device;
receiving historical data including at least historical road data and weather data; and
updating the difficult road topography based on the historical data, wherein the heat map includes a toggle for the user to view the heat map in different weather.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the difficult road topography includes at least one of a short ramp, a pot hole, a difficult junction, a sharp turn, a sharp curve, a flooded roadway, a blind spot, a sharp incline or decline, or an icy bridge.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the difficult road topography is determined based on at least one of rates of decelerations, angles of steering, likelihood to be in an accident, a driver's discomfort, or the driver's alertness.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the heat map is comprised of a first color at a location of determined difficult road topography greater than or equal to a threshold and a second color at a location of determined difficult road topography less than the threshold.
14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle sensors include at least one of a GPS, a predictive maintenance API, one or more cameras, one or more ultrasonic sensors, one or more audio sensors, or an echo location mapping.
15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining a type of road topography based on the vehicle swarm data; and
organizing the heat map based on the type of road topography, wherein the user can toggle the type of road topography.
16 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the heat map includes a toggle for the user to view the difficult road topography at different times of a day.
17 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:
generating an alert to a driver of a non-autonomous vehicle when the vehicle approaches a location of determined difficult road topography above a threshold.
18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:
generating a path for an autonomous vehicle with a minimal amount of locations of determined difficult road topography above a threshold.