Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-localization device and movable body
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Application No.: US15052166Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US09881379B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Taiki Iimura
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2015-037623 20150227
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T7/73

Abstract:
A self-localization device including a storage unit that associates and stores a plurality of reference images and imaging positions of the plurality of respective reference images and an operation unit that periodically estimates a self-location of a movable body based on information obtained from a sensor included in the movable body, wherein the operation unit determines, when estimation of the self-location fails, a moving distance from a latest self-location obtained from successful estimation of the self-location before the estimation fails using the information from the sensor and extracts a plurality of the reference images belonging to a range of the moving distance from the latest self-location and searches the plurality of extracted reference images for images similar to a current image captured by an imaging device included in the movable body to estimate the self-location of the movable body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160253806A1 Self-Localization Device and Movable Body Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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