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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Willibald Brems, Ingolstadt, DE;
Francesco Ferroni, Munich, DE;
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for detecting lane segments in an image for creating high-definition (HD) maps. A neural network can be used to classify a pixel of an image of a location as belonging to a driving lane. If the pixel belongs to a first boundary line of the driving lane, it is labeled accordingly. Based on the labeled pixel and one or more additional labeled pixels as part of the first boundary line of the driving lane, a first line drawing of the first boundary line of the driving lane is constructed. A lane segment based on a combination of the first line drawing of the first boundary line of the driving lane and a second line drawing of a second boundary line of the driving lane can be created.