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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2023
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Venkatraman Narayanan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Varun Ravi Kumar, San Diego, CA (US);
Senthil Kumar Yogamani, Headford, IE;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for processing and aligning sensor data features for navigation. In a first aspect, a method is provided that includes determining, based on received sensor data, a first set of features for an area surrounding the vehicle. A second set of features for the area surrounding the vehicle may be determined based on an occupancy map for the area surrounding the vehicle. A third set of features may be determined that align the first set of features with the second set of features. The third set of features may align each of at least a subset of the second set of features with at least one corresponding feature from the first set of features. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.