US 11,959,771 B2
Creation and use of enhanced maps
Ohad Akiva, Ramat-Gan (IL); and Dan Atsmon, Rehovot (IL)
Assigned to RED BEND LTD., Hod Hasharon (IL)
Filed by RED BEND LTD., Hod Hasharon (IL)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,810.
Application 17/219,810 is a division of application No. 15/860,628, filed on Jan. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,969,229.
Claims priority of application No. 17150155 (EP), filed on Jan. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0247193 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/12 (2006.01); G01C 21/28 (2006.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01)
CPC G01C 21/3848 (2020.08) [G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01C 21/12 (2013.01); G01C 21/28 (2013.01); G01C 21/3811 (2020.08); G01C 21/3819 (2020.08); G01S 19/485 (2020.05); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06V 20/582 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30256 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method of enhancing a navigation map by supplementing the map with visual data of a plurality of objects, comprising:
analyzing at least one image to identify a first object included in the plurality of objects depicted in the at least one image;
determining a geographical position of the first object based on a geographical position of a reference point of the at least one image and a position of the first object in the at least one image relative to the reference point, wherein the reference point is a center of the at least one image or a corner of the at least one image;
updating a map with a visual data record comprising at least one visual attribute of the first object and the geographical position of the first object; and
storing the updated map with the visual data record in a database.