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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Daniel Makled, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Mcquillen, Warren, MI (US);
Ali Ahmad Ayoub, Windsor, CA;
Jeremy Ferack, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle localization based on wireless local area network nodes. An example disclosed vehicle includes a wireless network controller and a location tracker. In response to losing reception of GPS signals, the location tracker scans for wireless network nodes via the wireless network controller, and when second locations of the wireless network nodes are stored in memory, determines a current location of the vehicle based on a particle filtering technique and received signal strength measurements from the wireless network nodes.