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Method and system of location estimation and navigation of autonomous vehicles

US10393852B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

HERE GLOBAL B.V. · NL

Inventors

Jingwei Xu · Buffalo Grove, US
Bruce Bernhardt · Wauconda, US
Arnold Sheynman · Northbrook, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 2015
Grant date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G1/20
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is provided, which includes scanning at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to obtain an identifier of the RFID tag; querying a database using the identifier of the at least one RFID tag to collect information about a location of the at least one RFID tag; determining a bias of a vehicle relative to the location of the scanned at least one RFID tag; and calculating a location of the vehicle based on the bias and the location of the at least one RFID tag.

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