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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G01C 21/30 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G01C 21/3644 (2013.01); G01C 21/3682 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a host vehicle position estimation device capable of accurately estimating the position of a host vehicle on a map even if there is no landmark that can be referred to on an image photographed using a camera. A host vehicle position is estimated on the basis of intermediate information about a landmark name and landmark distance for an intermediate object extracted from a photographed image of the surroundings of a host vehicle, distance information about the distance to the intermediate object, and landmark information stored beforehand about the landmark name and position.