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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dirk Holz, Mountain View, CA (US);
X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided that include receiving sensor data from a sensor positioned at a plurality of positions in an environment. The environment includes a plurality of landmarks. The embodiments also include determining, based on the sensor data, a subset of the plurality of landmarks detected at each of the plurality of positions. The embodiments further include determining, based on the subset of the plurality of landmarks detected at each of the plurality of positions, a detection frequency of each landmark. The embodiments additionally include determining, based on the determined detection frequency of each landmark, a localization viability metric associated with each landmark. The embodiments still further include providing for display, via a user interface, a map of the environment. The map includes an indication of the localization viability metric associated with each landmark.