US 11,702,111 B2
Method and apparatus for estimating object reliability
Jeremy Michael Young, Chicago, IL (US); Leon Stenneth, Chicago, IL (US); and Jerome Beaurepaire, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/118,376.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/067,558, filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055643 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0059 (2020.02) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 60/0054 (2020.02); G01C 21/3804 (2020.08); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/20 (2020.02); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code instructions, the computer program code instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to at least:
receive an indication of an event having event data;
identify an area within which the event is estimated to occur or to have occurred, wherein the event comprises an event capable of reducing availability of objects within the area;
assign at least one object within the area an impact score based on the event data, wherein the impact score reflects a likelihood of the at least one object remaining suitable for localization;
identify at least one operational score for at least one road link based on the impact score of the at least one object along the at least one road link; and
provide an indication of the operational score of the at least one road link to be delivered to at least one of an autonomous vehicle or an occupant thereof.