Apparatus and method for updating map information for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorChi Hwan Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for updating map information for a vehicle includes a vehicle information detecting device that detects information of a surrounding vehicle which accompanies a vehicle, when the vehicle travels through an intersection, a line analyzing device that analyzes line information based on information of the surrounding vehicle which accompanies the vehicle, a reliability determining device that determines reliability of the line information, and a controller that extracts a change point on a map based on the reliability and update map information based on the change point.
Claims18
An apparatus for updating map information for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store program instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions;
- wherein the program instructions, when executed, are configured to:
- detect information of a surrounding vehicle which accompanies the vehicle, when the vehicle travels through an intersection;
- analyze line information based on the information of the surrounding vehicle which accompanies the vehicle;
- determine reliability of the line information;
- and
- extract a change point on a map based on the reliability and update the map information based on the change point, and
- obtain an intersection entry line information based on the number of surrounding vehicles traveling in the intersection in the same direction as the vehicle among vehicles located on the left or right side of the vehicle.
A method for updating map information for a vehicle using a memory configured to store program instructions and one or more processors configure to execute the program instructions, the method comprising:
- detecting information of a surrounding vehicle which accompanies the vehicle, when the vehicle travels through an intersection;
- analyzing line information based on the information of the surrounding vehicle which accompanies the vehicle;
- determining reliability of the line information;
- and
- extracting a change point on a map based on the reliability and updating map information based on the change point, and
- wherein analyzing the line information includes obtaining intersection entry line information based on the number of surrounding vehicles traveling in the intersection in the same direction as the vehicle among vehicles located on the left/right side of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.