Patent · US Active

Road information generating apparatus, road information generating method, and road information generating program

US8209123B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
4References
4Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJun 24, 2008
Grant dateJun 26, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 21, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30256
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Host vehicle location information that indicates the location of a host vehicle is acquired, image information that includes the road along which the host vehicle is traveling is acquired, a host vehicle travel lane in which the host vehicle is traveling is detected based on the image information, lane information that indicates the position of the host vehicle travel lane is generated based on the host vehicle location information, and this lane information is registered on a storage medium.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.