US 11,867,526 B2
Map generation apparatus
Hayato Ikeda, Wako (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,189.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-030150 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276069 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3811 (2020.08) [G01C 21/3602 (2013.01); G01C 21/3837 (2020.08)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control system generating a map for use in acquiring a position of a subject vehicle to control traveling of the subject vehicle based on the map, the vehicle control system comprising:
a camera configured to detect a situation around the subject vehicle in traveling;
a traveling actuator for controlling the traveling of the subject vehicle; and
a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor and storing the map, wherein
the microprocessor is configured to perform:
extracting one or more feature points from detection data acquired by the camera;
generating the map with the feature points extracted from the detection data; and
controlling the traveling actuator so that the subject vehicle travels along a target route calculated based on the map;
the microprocessor is configured to further perform:
recognizing a landmark on the map;
determining an importance of the landmark so that the higher a location estimation accuracy of the subject vehicle required based on a viewpoint of safety, the higher the importance of the landmark;
applying the importance of the landmark to a section on a road from a current position of the subject vehicle to a point that is distant in a traveling direction by a distance determined based on a speed limit set for the road on which the subject vehicle is traveling; and
correcting a number of the feature points included in the map corresponding to the section on the road based on the importance of the landmark.