Populating geospatial database for onboard intelligent vehicle applications
First Claim
1. A geospatial database generation system (GDGS), mounted on a host vehicle, generating geospatial data relating to travel paths having one or more lanes, comprising:
- a database developer component including a lane level data system configured to receive inputs from a plurality of sensors mounted on the host vehicle, and to develop data elements in the geospatial databased based on sensor inputs, the data elements being indicative of objects and a location of the objects in three dimensional space, the objects having a lane-level resolution.
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Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus and a method for populating a geospatial road database. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a geospatial database management system is mounted on a host vehicle and manages geospatial data relating to a travel path for the host vehicle. The embodiment further comprises a geospatial database to store data elements indicative of objects and their location. The embodiment further comprises a database manager component to maintain the geospatial database and receive database queries from a driver assist subsystem. The embodiment further comprises a database developer component is configured to develop the data elements in the geospatial database and receive database inputs from a lane level digitizer subsystem configured to receive inputs from a plurality of sensors mounted on the host vehicle. Finally, the embodiment comprises the plurality of sensors may include a Digital Global Positioning System, a digital camera, and a scanning range sensor. The present invention includes a method for implementing the steps performed by the embodiment of the apparatus.
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27 Claims
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1. A geospatial database generation system (GDGS), mounted on a host vehicle, generating geospatial data relating to travel paths having one or more lanes, comprising:
a database developer component including a lane level data system configured to receive inputs from a plurality of sensors mounted on the host vehicle, and to develop data elements in the geospatial databased based on sensor inputs, the data elements being indicative of objects and a location of the objects in three dimensional space, the objects having a lane-level resolution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of populating a geospatial database in a geospatial database management system (GDMS), mounted on a host vehicle, managing geospatial data relating to travel paths having one or more lanes, comprising:
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developing data elements in the geospatial database from inputs generated by a plurality of sensors mounted on the host vehicle; and
storing the data elements, indicative of objects and a location of the objects in three dimensional space, in the geospatial database. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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