Chinese Volvo is struggling well enough with problematic electric cars. But the development department can now boast of the patent in a technology that detects speed bumps.
At home, the municipalities in particular fought a stubborn battle against potholes in the roads during and after a harsh winter. Now Volvo's new patent may help motorists on their way.
Or at least make them aware that there is a speed bump or a hidden hole in the road further ahead.
The patent secured by Volvo works by a car with the equipment analyzing the behavior of the anchoring car. That is, right down to the smallest details.
This shows a search in the patent database Espacenet , developed by the European Patent Office.
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If, for example, it is only the height on the right side that changes on the anchoring car, this may be a sign that it has passed a hole in the road. The traffic monster from the car in front will make a future Volvo adapt its own traffic.
Furthermore, Volvo has obtained a patent for a solution that can share its data from the road with other drivers, so that they are warned in good time about speed bumps or other obstacles ahead.
The system works in such a way that, similar to the police number plate scanners, the technology inside can look up the publicly available information about the anchoring car.
In this way, a future Volvo will try to determine the anchoring car's dimensions – height, weight and length. And if that doesn't work, a series of sensors will try to measure the anchoring car.
Which of the methods Volvo's engineers choose to embark on is uncertain. It may also be that both types are developed, as they are both described in Volvo's patent.
It is also not known whether what Volvo has patented works at all in practice, and when it might be possible to come up with a new car.
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