Patents Assigned to State of Ohio, Department of Transportation
  • Roadway maintenance condition detection and analysis
    Patent number: 11544657
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing the effectiveness of road maintenance efforts within a district is provided. Data obtained from roadway weather information stations and a traffic data monitoring system is gathered to determine when weather events begin and end based upon weather conditions and traffic information. The effectiveness of roadway maintenance efforts after the end of such weather event is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: State of Ohio, Department of Transportation
    Inventors: John A. MacAdam, David L. Holstein, Thomas M. Lyden, Sonja R. Simpson, Scott E. Lucas
  • Roadway maintenance condition detection and analysis
    Patent number: 10936987
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing the effectiveness of road maintenance efforts within a district is provided. Data obtained from roadway weather information stations and a traffic data monitoring system is gathered to determine when weather events begin and end based upon weather conditions and traffic information. The effectiveness of roadway maintenance efforts after the end of such weather event is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: STATE OF OHIO, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    Inventors: John A. MacAdam, David L. Holstein, Thomas M. Lyden, Sonja R. Simpson, Scott E. Lucas
  • Roadway maintenance condition detection and analysis
    Patent number: 10410160
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for detecting traffic impacting snow or freezing rain weather events using data obtained from roadway weather information systems and traffic data monitoring systems, determining when such events end based upon weather and traffic pattern information, and calculating the effectiveness of roadway maintenance efforts after the detected end of such a traffic impacting snow or freezing rain weather event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: State of Ohio, Department of Transportation
    Inventors: John A. MacAdam, David L. Holstein, Thomas M. Lyden, Sonja R. Simpson, Scott E. Lucas