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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Europe B.v., Weybridge, GB;
Paul Hawkins, Shawford, GB;
Luke Dodd, Winchester, GB;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Europe B.V., Weybridge, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus includes input circuitry and processor circuitry. The input circuitry is configured to receive, from a camera attached to a vehicle, a plurality of images as the vehicle travels along the track. The processor circuitry is configured to, for at least one of the plurality of captured images, perform feature recognition on the image, to assign an indicator to at least one recognised feature in the image indicative of a suitability of the at least one recognised feature for adjusting the position of the vehicle on the map. The processor circuitry is configured to, for each recognised feature in the image with the indicator, adjust the position of the vehicle on the map when the recognised feature is represented in the map of the track, and add a representation of the recognised feature to the map when the recognised feature is not represented in the map of the track.