Method and system for creating a digital map

US10677597B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Titze · Braunschweig, DE
• Stefan Ortmann · Schwarzhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B29/003
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for creating a digital map in at least one mobile device including capturing an image sequence of an environment; detecting and classifying objects in the captured image sequence; determining object positions of the objects relative to the mobile device; establishing a section in the environment wherein the section has a predetermined size and predetermined boundaries; assigning the detected and classified objects to the determined object positions in the established section; determining a traffic lane provided in the section; transmitting object information and the object positions of the detected and classified objects, section information relating to the established section, traffic lane information and time information to the map creation device. In the map creation device, the data is received, compared, and sections are joined and merged to form a digital map. Also disclosed is an associated system.