US 12,188,780 B2
Methods and system for determining a location of an object
Mirko Meuter, Erkrath (DE); Christian Nunn, Hückeswagen (DE); Weimeng Zhu, Wuppertal (DE); Florian Kaestner, Bochum (DE); Adrian Becker, Leverkusen (DE); and Markus Schoeler, Wuppertal (DE)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,306.
Claims priority of application No. 21150892 (EP), filed on Jan. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0221303 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 13/89 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/41 (2010.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01)
CPC G01C 21/3837 (2020.08) [G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01S 19/41 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by computer hardware components, a location of an object by at least:
determining a pre-stored map of a vicinity of the object;
acquiring sensor data related to the vicinity of the object;
determining an actual map based on the acquired sensor data;
carrying out image retrieval based on the pre-stored map and the actual map;
carrying out image registration based on the image retrieval; and
determining the location of the object based on the image registration.