Google patent supports driving away from potholes
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 13:00
in Mathematics & Economics
A "Systems and Methods for Monitoring Road Quality" patent filed by Google was made known on August 18. The inventor listed is Dean Jackson. The filing was dated January 2012. The patent discusses systems and methods for monitoring sensors to report the quality of the roads via a communication device. Andrew Liszewski of Gizmodo translated: Google wants to use a car's GPS to detect potholes and then use the information to plot a more comfortable route to where you need to go.