Vision-aided system and method for guiding a vehicle
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1. A method for guiding a vehicle, the method comprising:
- collecting location data for the vehicle based on a location-determining receiver associated with the vehicle;
collecting vision data for the vehicle based on a vision module associated with the vehicle;
estimating location quality data for the location data during an evaluation time window;
estimating vision quality data for the vision data during the evaluation time window; and
selecting at least one of a location data weight and a vision data weight based on the quality data.
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Abstract
A method and system for guiding a vehicle comprises a location determining receiver for collecting location data for the vehicle. A vision module collects vision data for the vehicle. A location quality estimator estimates the location quality data for the location data during an evaluation time window. A vision module estimates vision quality data for the vision data during the evaluation time window. A supervisor module selects at least one of a location data weight and a vision data weight based on the quality data.
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1. A method for guiding a vehicle, the method comprising:
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collecting location data for the vehicle based on a location-determining receiver associated with the vehicle;
collecting vision data for the vehicle based on a vision module associated with the vehicle;
estimating location quality data for the location data during an evaluation time window;
estimating vision quality data for the vision data during the evaluation time window; and
selecting at least one of a location data weight and a vision data weight based on the quality data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for guiding a vehicle, the system comprising:
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collecting location data for the vehicle based on a location-determining receiver associated with the vehicle;
collecting vision data for the vehicle based on a vision module associated with the vehicle;
estimating location quality data for the location data during an evaluation time window;
estimating vision quality data for the vision data during the evaluation time window; and
selecting at least one of a location data weight and a vision data weight based on the quality data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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