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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2019
Cartica Ai Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Igal Raichelgauz, Tel Aviv, IL;
Karina Odinaev, Tel Aviv, IL;
Cartica AI Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A method for determining a location of a vehicle, the method may include receiving reference visual information that represents multiple reference images acquired at predefined locations; acquiring, by a visual sensor of the vehicle, an acquired image of an environment of the vehicle; generating, based on the acquired image, acquired visual information related to the acquired image, wherein the acquired visual information comprises acquired static visual information that is related to the environment of the vehicle; searching for a selected reference image out of the multiple reference images, the selected reference image comprises selected reference static visual information that best matches the acquired static visual information; and determining an actual location of the vehicle based on a predefined location of the selected reference image and to a relationship between the acquired static visual information and to the selected reference static visual information; and wherein the determining of the actual location of the vehicle is of a resolution that is smaller than a distance between the selected reference image and a reference image that is immediately followed by the selected reference image.