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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh, Karlsbad, DE;
Inventor:
Marek Strassenburg-Kleciak, Garching Bei Munchen, DE;
Assignee:
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH, Karlsbad, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G01C 21/30 (2013.01); G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3658 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Navigation system and method of determining a vehicle position A navigation system comprises an image sensor configured to capture image data. A map database comprises street lighting data which includes, for a plurality of street lights (), position data indicating a position () at which a street light () is installed and height data indicating a height () at which a light source () of the street light () is located. A processing device is configured to refine a position estimate by analyzing the image data using the street lighting data.