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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:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ankit Girish Vora, Dearborn, MI (US);
Siddharth Agarwal, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jakob Nikolaus Hoellerbauer, Canton, MI (US);
Peng-Yu Chen, Ferndale, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01C 21/28 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01C 21/28 (2013.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to generate, from LIDAR data, a first intensity map of an area around a vehicle, and to estimate a vehicle location based on comparing the first intensity map to a grayscale top view image.