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US11237269B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Ankit Girish Vora · Dearborn, US
Siddharth Agarwal · Dearborn, US
Jakob Nikolaus Hoellerbauer · Canton, US
Peng Chen · Baoshan, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2018
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 8, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to generate, from LIDAR data, a first intensity map of an area around a vehicle, and to estimate a vehicle location based on comparing the first intensity map to a grayscale top view image.

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