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Apparatus, method and computer program product for facilitating navigation of a vehicle based upon a quality index of the map data

US10802485B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HERE GLOBAL B.V. · NL

Inventors

Belle Walker · Berkeley, US
Uyen Huynh Ha Nguyen · Lombard, US
Daniel Weinstein · Crockett, US
Pamela Korda · Chicago, US
Xin Chen · Evanston, US
David Doria · Lakewood, US
Phillip Bernard · Martinez, US
Ralf Herrtwich · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 9, 2017
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 11, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/588
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided to facilitate the navigation of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, utilizing map data in which the quality associated with the map data is provided in a more computationally efficient manner. In the context of a method a plurality of different types of sensor data are received including map data, camera data and detector data. The method determines a quality index associated with the map data and weights the reliance upon the map data relative to other types of sensor data based upon the quality index associated with the map data. The method further includes determining navigation information for the vehicle based at least partly upon the weighting of the map data relative to other types of sensor data.

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