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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2023
Applicant:

Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Rachel Ahn, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

David Prasser, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Peter Hansen, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Robert Zlot, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Aurora Operations, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01S 19/45 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/30 (2013.01); G01S 19/45 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various examples are directed to systems and methods for locating a vehicle. A pose state estimator may access a previous position for the vehicle at a first time, wherein the previous position is on a first sub-map of a plurality of sub-maps. The pose state estimator may receive from a first localizer a first position estimate for the vehicle at a second time after the first time. The first position estimate may be on a second sub-map of the plurality of sub-maps. The pose state estimator may send to a second localizer a sub-map change message indicating the second sub-map.


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