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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A server includes a communicator; and a controller configured to: when an image data is received from a terminal device through the communicator, determine a first key point of the image data and a first descriptor corresponding to the first key point, determine a location of the terminal device by comparing the first descriptor with a second descriptor stored in a virtual positioning system (VPS) map, determine an area where a difference between the first descriptor and the second descriptor is greater than or equal to a predetermined value based on the location of the terminal device, and update a key point of the area on the VPS map and the second descriptor based on the image data, or request crowdsourcing of an image data about the area.