| CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method of distributing vehicles to perform scouting, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, a request for a scouting objective for a vehicle;
in response to the request, identifying, by the one or more processors, a set of scouting objectives that the vehicle is eligible to visit, wherein each scouting objective of the set is associated with one or more scouting quests, wherein each scouting quest includes a plurality of scouting objectives, and wherein the one or more scouting quests are tasks performed by the vehicle to ensure an accuracy of map information;
for each given scouting objective in the set of scouting objectives:
for each given scouting quest associated with the given scouting objective, determining a first weight using a set of scouting objective parameters,
for each given scouting quest associated with the given scouting objective, determining a second weight using a set of scouting quest parameters,
determining a combined weight for each given scouting quest associated with the given scouting objective using the first weight for the given scouting quest and the second weight for the given scouting quest, and
determining an overall weight using any determined combined weights,
selecting, by the one or more processors, one or more scouting objectives of the set of scouting objectives using the determined overall weights; and
sending, by the one or more processors, the one or more selected scouting objectives to the vehicle in order to cause the vehicle to perform the one or more selected scouting objectives.
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