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Lidar-based high definition map generation

US10620317B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 2018
Grant dateApr 14, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 23, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various arrangements for generating a high definition map are presented. An image of a roadway environment may be captured. A laser imaging detection and ranging point cloud of the roadway environment may be generated. An object recognition process may be performed on the image of the roadway environment to detect one or more objects present in the roadway environment. A fusion process may be performed using the lidar point cloud to identify a location of the one or more detected objects from the image in a vehicle frame of reference. The one or more objects may be mapped from the vehicle frame of reference to a global frame of reference An autonomous driving high definition map may be created that includes the mapped one or more objects in the global frame of reference.

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