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US 11,378,970 B2Granted
Visual localization support system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichiaki Tatsubori, Phongtharin Vinayavekhin
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Abstract
A visual localization support system is provided. The visual localization support system includes one or more guidance indicators place on a road surface of a roadway, wherein the one or more guidance indicators each include a matrix barcode that uniquely identifies a location by latitude, longitude, and altitude, and describes an affine shape of the guidance indicator.
Claims15
A visual localization support system, comprising:
- one or more guidance indicators placed on a road surface of a roadway, wherein the one or more guidance indicators each include a matrix barcode that,
- uniquely identifies a location of the road surface on which it was placed by latitude, longitude, and altitude, and
- describes an affine shape of the guidance indicator.
A method of forming a visual localization support system, comprising:
- placing one or more guidance indicators on a road surface, wherein each of the one or more guidance indicators includes a matrix barcode that uniquely identify a location by latitude, longitude, and altitude, of the road surface on which it was placed, and describes an affine shape of the guidance indicator.
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