US 11,697,432 B2
Method, apparatus and computer program product for creating hazard probability boundaries with confidence bands
Leon Stenneth, Chicago, IL (US); and Advait Raut, Mumbai (IN)
Assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/118,308.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,727, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073102 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 60/0015 (2020.02) [B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); G08G 1/096725 (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 a plurality of probe data points from a plurality of probes within a region, wherein each probe data point comprises location information and an indication of a hazardous condition;
generate, based on the plurality of probe data points indicating a hazardous condition, a boundary within the region identifying an area within which the hazardous condition is determined to exist with at least a first degree of confidence;
generate, based on the plurality of probe data points indicating a hazardous condition, a confidence band within the boundary within which the hazardous condition is determined to exist with a second degree of confidence, higher than the first degree of confidence; and
provide for an indication of the boundary and the confidence band to at least one of an autonomous vehicle control of an autonomous vehicle or to a driver assistance system.