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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Juan Enrique Castorena Martinez, Southfield, MI (US);

Codrin Cionca, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Linjun Zhang, Canton, MI (US);

Lu Xu, Dearborn, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/45 (2010.01); G01C 21/28 (2006.01); G01S 19/51 (2010.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/45 (2013.01); G01C 21/28 (2013.01); G01S 19/48 (2013.01); G01S 19/51 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer is programmed to determine a localization of a first vehicle, including location coordinates and an orientation of the first vehicle, based on first vehicle sensor data, and to wirelessly receive localizations of respective second vehicles, wherein a first vehicle field of view at least partially overlaps respective fields of view of each of the second vehicles. The computer is programmed to determine pair-wise localizations for respective pairs of the first vehicle and one of the second vehicles, wherein each of the pair-wise localizations defines a localization of the first vehicle relative to a global coordinate system based on a (a) relative localization of the first vehicle with reference to the respective second vehicle and (b) a second vehicle localization relative to the global coordinate system, and to determine an adjusted localization for the first vehicle that has a minimized sum of distances to the pair-wise localizations.


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