Patent ID: 9616897
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B60W,E01F,G01C,G08G

Claim:
1. A method for use in predicting vehicle performance over a road segment, comprising: establishing a wireless connection between a vehicle moving along a travel path and a database having road surface information for said travel path of the vehicle, wherein said road surface information is compiled from vehicles previously passing over at least a portion of said travel path; accessing said road surface information from the database for one or more upcoming road segments along said travel path; accessing stored profile information for the vehicle, wherein said profile information includes at least one vehicle performance characteristic indexed to road surface conditions; calculating a vehicle performance value for the vehicle for at least one of said upcoming road segments along said travel path using said stored profile information and said road surface information; and upon said vehicle performance value exceeding a predetermined threshold, generating an output for receipt by an occupant of the vehicle.