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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2011
Applicants:

Jan Becker, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Benjamin Pitzer, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Charles DuHadway, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jan Becker, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Benjamin Pitzer, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/28 (2006.01); G01S 19/45 (2010.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/28 (2013.01); G01S 5/0278 (2013.01); G01S 13/86 (2013.01); G01S 19/45 (2013.01);
Abstract

A localization system within a vehicle in one embodiment includes a global position system (GPS) receiver, a radar sensor, a data storage device including program instructions stored therein, a symbolic map stored within the data storage device, and a controller operatively coupled to the data storage device, the GPS receiver, and the radar sensor, the controller configured to execute the program instructions to analyze data from the GPS receiver, data from the radar sensor, and data from the stored symbolic map, and determine a probabilistic vehicle location based upon the analysis.


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