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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Nobuyuki Matsuno, Tokyo, JP;

Fukukazu Kawata, Nagoya, JP;

Kazuhito Tanaka, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06T 7/579 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G06T 7/579 (2017.01);
Abstract

A localization system includes: a first data acquisition unit that acquires map data for map creation in a plurality of different time zones; a candidate creation unit that creates the maps based on the map data acquired by the first data acquisition unit, and combines the created maps to create a plurality of synthetic map candidates; a performance calculation unit that calculates a performance value of each of the synthetic map candidates created by the candidate creation unit; a candidate selection unit that selects one synthetic map candidate from among the plurality of synthetic map candidates based on the performance value of the synthetic map candidate calculated by the performance calculation unit; and a localization unit that performs localization of a mobile body based on the synthetic map candidate selected by the candidate selection unit.


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