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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Here Global B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Dietmar Rabel, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert Ledner, Eindhoven, NL;
Carolyn Johnston, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Van Sickle, Eindhoven, NL;
Timm Kayser, Eindhoven, NL;
Eric Dieckman, Eindhoven, NL;
HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus is onboard a vehicle and in communication with sensors onboard the vehicle. The apparatus receives a maplet request identifying a request region; and, responsive to determining that the vehicle is within the request region, processes sensor data captured by sensors to generate a multi-sensor data stream corresponding to a road network segment. The apparatus identifies an observation corresponding to a pole-like object within the multi-sensor data stream; and generates a maplet based on the observation and the maplet request. Generating the maplet comprises using a predetermined data model and a predetermined data format corresponding to a pole-like object observation class to encode road data corresponding to the observation corresponding to the pole-like object. The apparatus provides the maplet such that a network apparatus receives the maplet. The network apparatus is configured to validate/update map data of a digital map representing the road network based on the maplet.