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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2023
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Wade Foster, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Ryan Chilton, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Karan Vivek Bhargava, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Harish Pullagurla, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Zachary Miller, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Gowtham Raj Gunaseela Udayakumar, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Jason Harper, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A method comprises receiving a first set of data associated with a plurality of retroreflective features from a vehicle; retrieving a digital map comprising vectorized data associated with the plurality of retroreflective features and a location associated with the plurality of retroreflective features, the map previously generated based on monitoring a second set of data retrieved from a sensor of a second vehicle where the second set of data is associated with the plurality of retroreflective features near a road being driven by the second vehicle; generating a score for each retroreflective feature indicating a match between each retroreflective feature as indicated within the digital map and a location of each retroreflective feature as identified within the first set of data; and localizing the vehicle.