US 12,085,395 B2
Map generation device and map generation system
Masashi Watanabe, Tokyo (JP); Katsuyuki Kamei, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Fujibayashi, Tokyo (JP); Takeo Sakairi, Tokyo (JP); and Ken Shimazaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/042,940
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/022377
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/239477, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0033406 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/32 (2013.01) [G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G09B 29/003 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A map generation system comprising:
a map generation device; and
a map compilation device configured to correct and approve map information, wherein
the map generation device comprising:
a first processor to execute a first program; and
a first memory to store the first program which, when executed by the first processor, performs processes of:
generating position information of a planimetric feature based on measurement information around a road obtained by a measuring vehicle;
determining an evaluation value of each of a plurality of evaluation items that serve as indices for evaluating the reliability of the positional information of the planimetric feature based on the measurement information;
determining reliability of the position information of the planimetric feature based on evaluation values of the plurality of evaluation items; and
generating map information with reliability, the map information with reliability including reliability information indicating the reliability of the position information of the planimetric feature,
the map compilation device comprises:
a second processor to execute a second program; and
a second memory to store the second program which, when executed by the second processor, performs processes of correcting and approving the map information:
in the processes of correcting and approving the map information, the second processor of the map compilation device performs:
displaying a map corresponding to the map information with reliability, and
determining display colors of the planimetric feature in the displayed map based on the reliability of the planimetric feature, and
the plurality of evaluation items include:
an error amount when arrangement of composing points of the planimetric feature is approximated;
a parallelism between an arrangement direction of composing points of the planimetric feature and a movement trajectory of the measuring vehicle;
a distance between a position indicated by the position information of the planimetric feature and a position of the measuring vehicle when the position of the planimetric feature is measured;
an absolute value of reflection intensity of a position of the planimetric feature obtained from the measurement information or a difference of reflection intensity between a position of the planimetric feature and a surrounding thereof;
an altitude difference between a position of the planimetric feature the measurement information indicates and a surrounding thereof, or
an inclination of an altitude change at a boundary between the planimetric feature and the surrounding thereof;
a direction of a surface obtained by surface approximation of composing points of the planimetric feature distributed in a plane; and
a correspondence relationship between a height from a road surface at a position indicated by the position information of the planimetric feature and a size of a surface formed by composing points of the planimetric feature.