Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method of estimating self-location of vehicle
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Application No.: US16696461Application Date: 2019-11-26
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Publication No.: US11341742B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Joo Chan Sohn
- Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Priority: KR10-2018-0168628 20181224
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06V20/13 ; G01S5/02 ; G06V10/20 ; G06V20/56

Abstract:
A method of estimating a self-location of a vehicle includes obtaining an omnidirectional image by using an omnidirectional camera photographing a ground around a driving vehicle at a current location of the driving vehicle, estimating the current location of the driving vehicle on the basis of a global positioning system (GPS) satellite signal received from a satellite, searching a satellite image database storing a satellite image obtained by photographing the ground with the satellite to determine candidate satellite images corresponding to the estimated current location of the driving vehicle, comparing the omnidirectional image with each of the determined candidate satellite images to determine a candidate satellite image having a highest similarity to the omnidirectional image from among the determined candidate satellite images, and finally estimating the current location of the driving vehicle by using a location measurement value mapped to the determined candidate satellite image.
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