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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dehua Cui, Northville, MI (US);
David A. Herman, Southfield, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
David Allen Kowalski, Toledo, OH (US);
Omar Makke, Lyon Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive image data gathered by a vehicle camera, relating to a fixed environmental feature. The processor is also configured to determine a vehicle position relative to the fixed environmental feature and determine a vehicle lane-level location on a digital map, based on the vehicle position relative to the fixed environmental feature.