Invention Publication
- Patent Title: SNOW FRICTION DETERMINATION BY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
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Application No.: US18303565Application Date: 2023-04-20
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Publication No.: US20230256972A1Publication Date: 2023-08-17
- Inventor: Matthew Roy
- Applicant: Matthew Roy
- Applicant Address: CA Montreal
- Assignee: Matthew Roy
- Current Assignee: Matthew Roy
- Current Assignee Address: CA Montreal
- Main IPC: B60W40/068
- IPC: B60W40/068 ; B60T8/172 ; B60C23/20 ; G01N19/02

Abstract:
An autonomous vehicle has a temperature sensor for sensing an air temperature or a road temperature, a processor communicatively connected to the temperature sensor to receive a signal from the temperature sensor, to process the signal and to generate an estimated instantaneous coefficient of friction between a tire of the vehicle and a snow-covered roadway, and a camera to detect salt and/or sand on the roadway and to apply a salt correction factor and/or a sand correction factor to the coefficient of friction to thereby provide a salt-corrected coefficient of friction or a sand-corrected coefficient of friction.
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