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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Aurora Operations, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Greg Coombe, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yekeun Jeong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
AURORA OPERATIONS, INC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3867 (2020.08); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02);
Abstract
Map data describing various geometric elements in a map used in autonomous vehicle localization is selectively weighted to vary the relative contributions of different geometric elements to an alignment operation. By doing so, the alignment operation may be biased to emphasize geometric elements associated with objects in an environment that are relatively more stable, e.g., roadways, walls, buildings, etc., over objects that are relatively less stable, e.g., vegetation, thereby in many instances improving alignment operation performance and/or availability.