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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Joshua Babcock, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for position refinement of a vehicle, and may include using a vehicle mounted image sensor to capture an image of a scene proximate the vehicle; analyzing the captured images and identifying a positional landmark of the scene proximate the vehicle; and refining a position of the vehicle based on the identified positional landmark.