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Autonomous vehicle localization using passive image data

  • US 10,474,162 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2017
  • Issued: 11/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing localization for a vehicle in motion, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:

  • obtaining a set of sensor data captured by the vehicle at a given instance as the vehicle traverses a given area of a road network, the sensor data including passive image data;

    selecting a feature from a known feature set for the given area of the road network based on one or more conditions that affect an appearance of individual features of the known feature set;

    matching an image subset of the passive image data to the feature from the known feature set for the given area of the road network; and

    determining a location of the vehicle within the given area based on reference location information previously associated with the known feature set.

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