Anonymizing navigation information for use in autonomous vehicle navigation

A method for processing vehicle navigation information for use in autonomous vehicle navigation, the method comprising:

• receiving navigation information from a plurality of vehicles, wherein the navigation information from the plurality of vehicles is associated with a common road section;
• storing the navigation information associated with the common road section;
• generating at least a portion of an autonomous vehicle road navigation model for the common road section based on the navigation information from the plurality of vehicles;
• and
• distributing the autonomous vehicle road navigation model to one or more autonomous vehicles for use in autonomously navigating the one or more autonomous vehicles along the common road section;
• wherein the navigation information from each of the plurality of vehicles includes:
• first road segment information relative to a first portion of the common road section, wherein the first road segment information includes a determined at least one motion representation for a host vehicle and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the first portion of the common road section;
• and
• second road segment information relative to a second portion of the common road section, wherein the second road segment information includes a determined at least one motion representation for the host vehicle and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the second portion of the common road section, and wherein the second portion of the road section is different from the first portion of the road section and is spatially separated from the first portion of the road section;
• wherein the first portion of the common road segment and the second portion of the common road segment are selected by the host vehicle to exclude private information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• receive navigation information from a plurality of vehicles, wherein the navigation information from the plurality of vehicles is associated with a common road section;
• store the navigation information associated with the common road section;
• generate at least a portion of an autonomous vehicle road navigation model for the common road section based on the navigation information from the plurality of vehicles;
• and
• distribute the autonomous vehicle road navigation model to one or more autonomous vehicles for use in autonomously navigating the one or more autonomous vehicles along the common road section;
• wherein the navigation information from each of the plurality of vehicles includes:
• first road segment information relative to a first portion of the common road section, wherein the first road segment information includes a determined at least one motion representation for a host vehicle and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the first portion of the common road section;
• and
• second road segment information relative to a second portion of the common road section, wherein the second road segment information includes a determined at least one motion representation for the host vehicle and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the second portion of the common road section, and wherein the second portion of the road section is different from the first portion of the road section and is spatially separated from the first portion of the road section;
• wherein the first portion of the common road segment and the second portion of the common road segment are selected by the host vehicle to exclude private information.