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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2021
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Nizar Ahamed, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James H. Critchley, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Sina Gholamnejad Davani, Troy, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A simultaneous localization and mapping system for a motor vehicle is disclosed and includes a plurality of sensors disposed within a vehicle operable to detect an object proximate the vehicle and generate a plurality of data points representing sensor returns corresponding to the detected objects surrounding the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive the data points representing the sensor returns of the detected objects surrounding the vehicle, to define an occupancy grid based on the data points and to generate vehicle operating instructions based on the defined occupancy grid, wherein the controller is configured to define at least one geometric anchor from the detected data points and localizing the vehicle based on the at least one geometric anchor.