| CPC B60W 40/068 (2013.01) [B60W 10/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/106 (2019.05); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02); H04W 4/46 (2018.02)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
determining an absence of real time estimated surface driving coefficient from a vehicle traveling on a road or location zone stored on at least one computer server, dispatching an unmanned surrogate vehicle to the road or location zone,
the unmanned surrogate vehicle comprising at least one sensor, a controller configured to process sensor data, and a vehicle communication system;
driving the unmanned surrogate vehicle on the road or location zone having a driving surface having an actual coefficient of friction;
determining at least one estimated driving surface coefficient of friction for the road or location zone via the at least one sensor;
wirelessly communicating the at least one estimated driving surface coefficient for the road or location zone from the unmanned surrogate vehicle communication system to at least one computer server, the at least one computer server storing the at least one estimated driving surface coefficient for the road or location zone, the at least one computer server constructed and arranged to wirelessly receive and store the at least one estimated driving surface coefficient, and to wirelessly communicate at least one estimated driving surface coefficient to at least one other vehicle, and wirelessly communicating the at least one estimated driving surface coefficient for the road or location zone from the at least one computer server to at least one other vehicle on the road or location zone.
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