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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2018
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Paul J. Ozog, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ryan W. Wolcott, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Schuyler H. Cohen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Research Institute, inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving calibration of an onboard sensor of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to acquiring sensor data from a surrounding environment of the vehicle using the onboard sensor, analyzing the sensor data to determine calibration parameters for the onboard sensor. The method includes identifying a suitability parameter that characterizes how well the surrounding environment provides for determining the calibration parameters. The method includes generating annotations within a map that specify at least the suitability parameter for a location associated with the sensor data. In further aspects, the method includes identifying, from the map, a calibration route for the vehicle that is a deviation from a current route in response to determining that the calibration state of the onboard sensor does not satisfy the calibration threshold.