US 12,298,150 B2
Simulation platform for vector map live updates
Timothy James Douglas, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Patrick Barone, San Francisco, CA (US); and Timothy Cummings, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC, Reston, VA (US)
Filed by ARGO AI, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/072,139.
Prior Publication US 2024/0175712 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/387 (2020.08) [G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/3807 (2020.08); G01C 21/3837 (2020.08)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
generating, by one or more computing devices, a virtual environment of a map zone, wherein the virtual environment comprises information about traffic conditions of the map zone collected during a drive test of an autonomous vehicle (AV) system; and
performing, in the virtual environment, a simulation to test a function of the AV system to update a base map of the map zone, wherein performing the simulation comprises:
providing, by the one or more computing devices, a map update document to the AV system;
checking, by the one or more computing devices, whether the base map of the map zone is updated by the AV system when the AV system receives the map update document;
detecting, by the AV system and in the virtual environment, a deviation between the virtual environment and the base map; and
checking, by the one or more computing devices, whether the base map is updated by the AV system based on the deviation.