Vehicle navigation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHamid M. Golgiri, Ahmed Benmimoun, Brian George Buss
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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHamid M. Golgiri, Ahmed Benmimoun, Brian George Buss
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While a vehicle is in an area, a stored map uncertainty value of map data for the area is retrieved. The stored map uncertainty value gives a range of uncertainty for at least one indicator of a travel path specified by the map data. Upon estimating the travel path and a vehicle pose, a dynamic map uncertainty value is determined based on a pose uncertainty value and a travel path uncertainty value. The pose uncertainty value gives a range of uncertainty for the vehicle pose in three degrees-of-freedom based on vehicle sensor data, and the travel path uncertainty value gives a range of uncertainty for the at least one indicator of the estimated travel path based on vehicle sensor data. Upon determining that the dynamic map uncertainty value is less than the stored map uncertainty value, the map data is updated based on the vehicle sensor data. Upon updating the map data, the vehicle is operated based on the updated map data.
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
A method, comprising:
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