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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6251 (2013.01); G01C 21/3635 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G06K 9/00664 (2013.01); G06T 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus are provided for representing a map element and for locating a vehicle/robot based thereupon. The method for representing a map element includes: generating a Gaussian Mixture Model for the map element; generating a signature for identifying the map element, wherein the signature includes properties of the map element; and generating a Signatured Gaussian Mixture Model for representing the map element, wherein the Signatured Gaussian Mixture Model includes the Gaussian Mixture Model and the signature.