Patent attributes
The present disclosure involves processes for assessing and modifying pavement surfaces using a mobile platform. An emitter associated with the mobile platform generates electromagnetic waves directed towards a portion of a pavement surface. A condition sensor associated with the mobile platform receives electromagnetic radiation from a first portion of the pavement surface and generates a first electronic signal representative of a current condition of the portion of the pavement surface. A location sensor generates a second electronic signal containing location data corresponding to the first portion of the pavement surface. A computing platform is used to process the electronic signals and create a current pavement condition data point. The computing platform may compare the first electronic signal against a reference representative of a target condition of the portion of the pavement surface, determine if there is a condition variance, and determine whether any condition variance exceeds a predetermined threshold. If a condition variance exceeds a predetermined threshold, the computing platform may generate a condition control signal which is transmitted to a pavement surface modification system, and which operates to modify operation of the pavement surface modification system in order to reduce the condition variance.
