SENSOR QUALITY DETECTION

A system (100) and method (500) for sensor quality detection continuously monitors a context (vehicle state, proximal environmental factors, surrounding environmental conditions) surrounding a vehicle (110) as well as actual sensor output (402). The system compares actual sensor output with expected sensor output (404) to determine if the sensor has become degraded or if the degradation is due to the surrounding context. Once the system determines the context-based or actual degradation, it determines if the sensor is able to complete an assigned tasking with the degradation within the specific mission-based requirements of the sensor. Should the degraded sensor be unable to complete the task, the system transfers the tasking to a second vehicle equipped with an operational sensor.