公开(公告)号：US10139225B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-27

申请号：US15845200

申请日：2017-12-18

Applicant: iLOOKAbout Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Hack

IPC: G01C11/00 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G01C22/02

Abstract: The method employs a computer interconnected with a GPS transceiver and a distance measurement means and operatively interconnected with a digital camera, all provided on a moving vehicle, to acquire a plurality of geographic location related images. A first geographic position is obtained from the GPS transceiver and a plurality of distance measurements are received before a second geographic position is taken. A photo request is generated after a pre-determined distance is traveled, as determined by the distance measurement means, and transmitted to the digital camera. The camera takes a photo based on the request; and the photos, photo requests, first and second positions and distance measurements are stored for post-processing. Post-processing determines a path traveled by the vehicle using the positions and distance measurements to determine an accurate geographic location and orientation for each photo. The method is suitable for building a database of geographically related images.

公开(公告)号：US20180283881A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15926646

申请日：2018-03-20

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Keiichi IMAMURA

IPC: G01C21/28 ,  H04W64/00 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01S19/42 ,  G01S19/24

CPC classification number: G01C21/28 ,  G01C21/005 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C21/3664 ,  G01S19/24 ,  G01S19/42 ,  H04W4/027 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes a program stored in the memory to perform operations including: acquiring position information of a user; specifying a movement state of the user; and determining appropriateness/inappropriateness of the acquired position information using a determination program according to the movement state.

公开(公告)号：US20180266830A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-20

申请号：US15761252

申请日：2016-09-16

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： TAKAAKI KATO ,  SHINGO TSURUMI ,  MASASHI ESHIMA ,  AKIHIKO KAINO ,  MASAKI FUKUCHI

IPC: G01C21/28 ,  G01C3/08 ,  H04N13/296 ,  G06K9/62 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06K9/00

CPC classification number: G01C21/28 ,  G01B11/026 ,  G01B11/2545 ,  G01C3/08 ,  G01C3/14 ,  G06K9/00791 ,  G06K9/6288 ,  G06K2209/401 ,  G06T7/246 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G06T7/593 ,  G06T2207/10021 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  G06T2207/30244 ,  G06T2207/30256 ,  H04N5/2256 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N13/239 ,  H04N13/296 ,  H04N2013/0085

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of estimating the self-position by accurately and continuously estimating the self-movement. The information processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a downward imaging section and a movement estimation section. The downward imaging section is disposed on the bottom of a moving object traveling on a road surface and captures an image of the road surface. The movement estimation section estimates the movement of the moving object in accordance with a plurality of images representing the road surface and captured at different time points by the downward imaging section. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to a position sensor mounted in an automobile.

公开(公告)号：US20180259333A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-13

申请号：US15779482

申请日：2016-10-25

Applicant: Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hiroyuki Toda ,  Naomi Fujisawa ,  Hiraku Nakamura

IPC: G01C17/38 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G01S19/55 ,  G01C17/02

CPC classification number: G01C17/38 ,  G01C17/02 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G01S19/14 ,  G01S19/55

Abstract: The purpose is to accurately and promptly calculate an error of a magnetic sensor. A sensor error calculating device may include a GNSS attitude angle calculating module, a GNSS geomagnetism calculating module, and an error estimating module. The GNSS attitude angle calculating module may calculate a GNSS attitude angle of a movable body based on positioning signals of a GNSS. The GNSS geomagnetism calculating module may calculate a GNSS geomagnetism based on the GNSS attitude angle. The error estimating module may estimate a sensitivity error, a misalignment error and a bias error of the magnetic sensor by using a magnetic detection value of the magnetic sensor and the GNSS geomagnetism.

公开(公告)号：US10074281B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US15253329

申请日：2016-08-31

Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Inventor： Rohit Pandita ,  John-Michael McNew ,  Derek S. Caveney ,  Vladimeros Vladimerou

IPC: G08G1/16 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G08G1/0962

CPC classification number: G08G1/167 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G06K9/00798 ,  G08G1/09623 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G08G1/166

Abstract: A lane identity in a roadway in which a vehicle is traveling can be determined. The roadway can include a plurality of lanes. The determining can include generating a lane identification confidence belief indicating a probability that the vehicle is in a particular lane of the plurality of lanes of the roadway. Generating the lane identification confidence belief can be based on: any detected lane crossings, the number of lanes in the roadway, the lane marker type to a left side and to a right side of the vehicle at the current position of the vehicle or ahead of the current position of the vehicle in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle, and a weighted average of an instantaneous lane identification confidence belief and a lane identification confidence belief prior to a current sample time period.

公开(公告)号：US10062287B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US15256326

申请日：2016-09-02

Applicant: Modular Mining Systems, Inc.

Inventor： William Casson ,  Lucas Van Latum ,  Michael Lewis

IPC: G01C21/00 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G08G1/0968 ,  G08G1/00

CPC classification number: G08G1/164 ,  B60W2550/14 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G05B2219/45004 ,  G05D1/0217 ,  G05D1/0287 ,  G05D2201/021 ,  G08G1/0968 ,  G08G1/20 ,  G08G1/205

Abstract: A system and method for navigating a vehicle through a mining environment to a target destination is presented. The system and method may be utilized to avoid contention in the mining environment. A route through the mining environment to the target destination for the vehicle is identified and a first speed profile for at least a portion of the route is determined. A potential contention condition associated with the route is identified and the potential contention condition along the route is used to determine a second speed profile for at least a portion of the route. An optimized speed profile is determined using the first speed profile and the second speed profile, and at least a portion of the optimized speed profile is communicated to the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10054450B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US14550327

申请日：2014-11-21

Applicant: HERE Global B.V.

Inventor： Jane F. Macfarlane

IPC: G01C21/28 ,  G01C21/30 ,  H04W4/029 ,  G01C21/32

CPC classification number: G01C21/30 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G01C21/32 ,  H04W4/029

Abstract: An approach is provided for determining trajectory paths of a road network. A location platform determines at least one first waypoint and at least one second waypoint of at least one road structure. The at least one first waypoint represents at least one entry point to the at least one road structure, and wherein the at least one second waypoint represents at least one exit point from the at least one road structure. The location platform causes, at least in part, a designation of at least one location trace spanning the at least one first waypoint and the at least one second waypoint as at least one baseline path. The location platform then causes, at least in part, a classification of one or more other location traces with respect to the at least one baseline path.

公开(公告)号：US20180233045A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15488476

申请日：2017-04-15

Applicant: Vikram Kumar

Inventor： Vikram Kumar

IPC: G08G1/123 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01C21/28

CPC classification number: G08G1/20 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G08G1/127

Abstract: A system including a first device having one or more ports and a location sensor and a server in communication with the first device to receive inputs from the first device is disclosed. In the system, the server is configured to determine whether a trip has terminated on the basis of the inputs from the first device and a second device.

公开(公告)号：US10006772B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US15193930

申请日：2016-06-27

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： Kazuma Takeuchi ,  Yohei Nakata ,  Masahiko Saito ,  Naoyuki Harada ,  Shuhei Matsui ,  Kensuke Wakasugi

IPC: G01C21/12 ,  G01C21/28 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06K9/00

CPC classification number: G01C21/28 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0276 ,  G06K9/00664 ,  G06K9/00771 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: There is provided a map production method to be performed by a mobile robot which moves in a first region and includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The map production method includes acquiring first information from the first sensor, acquiring second information from the second sensor, acquiring third information from a third sensor provided in the first region, acquiring fourth information indicating a detection region of the second sensor calculated from the first information and the second information, acquiring fifth information indicating a detection region of the third sensor calculated from the third information, and updating map information of the first region for a third region, including a first object, if a the second region overlaps with the third region is judged to be present from the fourth information and the fifth information.

公开(公告)号：US20180172454A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15897901

申请日：2018-02-15

Applicant: Nauto Global Limited

Inventor： Vaibhav Ghadiok ,  Michael Gleeson-May

IPC: G01C21/28 ,  G01C21/34

CPC classification number: G01C21/28 ,  G01C21/30 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G01C21/3476 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0213 ,  G06F17/30241 ,  G06F17/30268 ,  G06F17/30377 ,  G06K9/00818 ,  G06K9/2054 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/6256 ,  G06K2209/21 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G06T2207/30204 ,  G06T2207/30241 ,  G06T2207/30252

Abstract: A method for localization and mapping, including recording an image at a camera mounted to a vehicle, the vehicle associated with a global system location; identifying a landmark depicted in the image with a landmark identification module of a computing system associated with the vehicle, the identified landmark having a landmark geographic location and a known parameter; extracting a set of landmark parameters from the image with a feature extraction module of the computing system; determining, at the computing system, a relative position between the vehicle and the landmark geographic location based on a comparison between the extracted set of landmark parameters and the known parameter; and updating, at the computing system, the global system location based on the relative position.