Stability Control Sharing

Abstract

A system that receives and analyzes a connected vehicle's safety feature activation and the location of activation on a road to determine if a hazard condition exist and providing an alert on a subscriber's vehicle or wireless device. Weather information for the location of the activation, highway engineering information for the location of the activation and other connected vehicles' safety feature activation at the location are also considered in the determination if the hazardous condition exists on the road. The hazardous condition alert can also be sent to the highway transportation department so that the hazardous condition can be mitigated.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road, the method comprising a non-transitory processor-readable medium configured to execute on at least one processor of a computing system, the method comprising:
 receiving with the at least one processor of the computing system first safety feature activation information from a first connected vehicle being driven on the road that includes a location on the road of a first safety feature activation, wherein the first safety feature activation information further includes at least one of the following: a duration of the first safety feature activation, a number of first safety feature activations that occurred, actions taken by a driver of the first connected vehicle, and a time of the first safety feature activation;   determining with the at least one processor based on the first safety feature activation information of the first connected vehicle that a hazardous condition exists at a location on the road being driven on by the first connected vehicle;   storing the location of the hazardous condition and the first safety feature activation information in a memory of the computing system; and   generating and transmitting alert information that includes an indication of the hazardous condition and the location of the hazardous condition,   wherein the alert information is generated and transmitted to at least one of the following: an electronic road sign located near the location of the hazardous condition, a wireless device, and another connected vehicle.   
     
     
         2 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 1 , further comprising implementing an alert application in a device of a subscriber that is configured to receive and display the alert information along with the location of the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber. 
     
     
         3 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 1 , wherein the first safety feature activation comprises activation of at least one of the following systems: lane change warnings, anti-lock braking, and electronic stability control. 
     
     
         4 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 1  further comprising:
 receiving additional information that comprises at least one of the following: weather information for the location of the first safety feature activation and highway engineering information for the location of the first safety feature activation; and 
 the determining further comprises determining with the at least one processor based on the first safety feature activation information of the first connected vehicle and the additional information that a hazardous condition exists at the location on the road being driven on by the first connected vehicle. 
 
     
     
         5 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 4 , wherein the determining further comprises using the weather information for the location of the first safety feature activation or the highway engineering information for the location of the first safety feature activation in addition to the first safety feature activation information of the first connected vehicle to determine if the hazardous condition exists for that location of the road. 
     
     
         6 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 1  further comprising:
 receiving with the at least one processor of the computing system second safety feature activation information of a second connected vehicle that was collected at the location of the first safety feature activation; and 
 determining based on the second safety feature activation information of the second vehicle with the at least one processor in addition to the first safety feature activation information of the first connected vehicle that a hazardous condition exists at the location on the road being driven on by the first connected vehicle and the second connected vehicle. 
 
     
     
         7 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 1 , further comprising generating and transmitting alert information that includes an indication of the hazardous condition and the location of the hazardous condition to a device of a subscriber,
 wherein the subscriber comprises at least one of the following: a highway transportation department, a driver of the first connected vehicle, and a passenger of the first connected vehicle.   
     
     
         8 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 1 , further comprising generating and transmitting alert information that includes an indication of the hazardous condition and the location of the hazardous condition to a device of a subscriber,
 wherein the subscriber comprises at least one of the following: a weather station, a radio station, and a web traffic provider.   
     
     
         9 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 1 , further comprising implementing an alert application in a device of a subscriber that is configured to receive and display the alert information along with the location of the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber,
 wherein the alert application is further configured to provide ad information associated with the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber.   
     
     
         10 . The method of identifying hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 1 , further comprising implementing an alert application in a device of a subscriber that is configured to receive and display the alert information along with the location of the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber,
 wherein the alert application is further configured to provide multimedia information associated with the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber.   
     
     
         11 . A computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road, the computer system comprising:
 at least one processor configured to receive first safety feature activation information from a first connected vehicle being driven on the road that includes a location on the road of a first safety feature activation, wherein the first safety feature activation information further includes at least one of the following: a duration of the first safety feature activation, a number of first safety feature activations that occurred, actions taken by a driver of the first connected vehicle, and a time of the first safety feature activation;   the at least one processor configured to determine based on the first safety feature activation information of the first connected vehicle that a hazardous condition exists at a location on the road being driven on by the first connected vehicle;   a memory configured to store the location of the hazardous condition and the first safety feature activation information in the computing system; and   the at least one processor configured to generate and transmit alert information that includes an indication of the hazardous condition and the location of the hazardous condition,   wherein the alert information is generated and transmitted to at least one of the following: an electronic road sign located near the location of the hazardous condition, a wireless device, and another connected vehicle.   
     
     
         12 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit to an alert application in a device of a subscriber that is configured to receive and display the alert information along with the location of the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber. 
     
     
         13 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 11 , wherein the first safety feature activation comprises activation of at least one of the following systems: lane change warnings, anti-lock braking, and electronic stability control. 
     
     
         14 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 11  further comprising:
 the at least one processor further configured to receive additional information that comprises at least one of the following: weather information for the location of the first safety feature activation and highway engineering information for the location of the first safety feature activation; and 
 the at least one processor further configured to determine based on the first safety feature activation information of the first connected vehicle and the additional information that a hazardous condition exists at the location on the road being driven on by the first connected vehicle. 
 
     
     
         15 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to use the weather information for the location of the first safety feature activation or the highway engineering information for the location of the first safety feature activation in addition to the first safety feature activation information of the first connected vehicle to determine if the hazardous condition exists for that location of the road. 
     
     
         16 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 11  further comprising:
 the at least one processor is further configured to receive second safety feature activation information of a second connected vehicle that was collected at the location of the first safety feature activation; and 
 the at least one processor is further configured to determine based on the second safety feature activation information of the second vehicle in addition to the first safety feature activation information of the first connected vehicle that a hazardous condition exists at the location on the road being driven on by the first connected vehicle and the second connected vehicle. 
 
     
     
         17 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 11 ,
 wherein the at least one processor is further configured generate and transmit alert information that includes an indication of the hazardous condition and the location of the hazardous condition to a device of a subscriber; and   wherein the subscriber comprises at least one of the following: a highway transportation department, a driver of the first connected vehicle, and a passenger of the first connected vehicle.   
     
     
         18 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 11 ,
 wherein the at least one processor is further configured generate and transmit alert information that includes an indication of the hazardous condition and the location of the hazardous condition to a device of a subscriber; and   wherein the subscriber comprises at least one of the following: a weather station, a radio station, and a web traffic provider.   
     
     
         19 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 11 ,
 wherein the at least one processor is further configured generate and transmit alert information to an alert application in a device of a subscriber that is configured to receive and display the alert information along with the location of the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber,   wherein the at least one processor is further configured generate and transmit ad information associated with the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber.   
     
     
         20 . The computer system configured to identify hazardous conditions on a road of  claim 11 ,
 wherein the at least one processor is further configured generate and transmit alert information to an alert application in a device of a subscriber that is configured to receive and display the alert information along with the location of the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber,   wherein the at least one processor is further configured generate and transmit multimedia information associated with the hazardous condition along a route driven by the subscriber.