Patent ID: 8193969
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for maintaining and transmitting updated weather hazard data for a given area containing a given node, wherein the method is implemented using a processor of the given node, wherein the given node communicates with one or more other nodes, and wherein the given node is capable of detecting local weather hazard data over a detectable range of the given area, the method comprising: breaking the given area into a plurality of smaller areas; detecting local weather hazard data for each of the plurality of smaller areas located within the detectable range of the given area using a radar system of the given node; receiving remote weather hazard data from the one or more other nodes using a communication interface of the given node; updating stored weather hazard data based on the detected local weather hazard data and the remote weather hazard data received from the one or more other nodes; and transmitting the updated stored weather hazard data for receipt by the one or more other nodes using the communication interface of the given node.