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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:
Jul. 18, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventor:

Justyna Zander, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3841 (2020.08); G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G01C 21/387 (2020.08); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01);
Abstract

A semi-public blockchain maintained on one or more nodes in a map cloud platform comprises data for maintaining a global map of a predetermined geographic area. The blockchain also comprises a plurality of data records, where each data record is associated with an update to a global map. When a message associated with a map update to the global map is received, the nodes of the blockchain determine a consensus by evaluating the map update, where the evaluating comprises performing a plurality of proofs including a proof of location, a proof of iterations, a proof of physical delivery and a proof of safety. When consensus is attained and the map update is validated, a data record associated with the map update is generated and added to the blockchain with a timestamp and a link to prior data records in the blockchain.


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