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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2023
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Takamasa Higuchi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kentaro Oguchi, Mountain View, CA (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for correcting vehicle position estimations are provided. In an example implementation, the systems and methods disclosed herein detect a first landmark and determining a first position of the detected first landmark in a first section of an environment using one or more sensors of a vehicle while the vehicle travels in the first section, estimate a position of the vehicle in a second section of the environment, and update the estimated position of the vehicle in the second section according to the first position of the detected first landmark in the first section of the environment. In an illustrative example, the environment can be an indoor environment, such as, but not limited to, a multi-floor parking structure where the first section a floor and the second section is another floor.