Method and electronic device for controlling operation of a self driving car

An electronic device for controlling operation of a Self-Driving Car (SDC), the SDC being communicatively coupled to a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system and the electronic device configured to acquire data from a plurality of localization sources for locating the SDC on a map representation of a geographical region, the electronic device being configured to:

• at a given timestamp during operation of the SDC when the SDC is located at a current location in the geographical region:
• generate, using a localization algorithm, a candidate location of the SDC using a point cloud captured by the LIDAR system, the map representation, and an initial approximation of the current location of the SDC on the map representation;
• generate, using a Machine Learning Algorithm (MLA), a parameter indicative of whether the localization algorithm is likely to generate divergent candidate locations for the SDC in a candidate portion of the map representation under a variety of conditions, the candidate portion including the current location, wherein an input to the MLA comprises the point cloud, the candidate portion of the map representation, and the candidate location, and wherein an output of the MLA is the parameter;
• determine, using the parameter, that the localization algorithm is an unreliable localization source in the candidate portion of the map representation;
• determine a multi-sourced location of the SDC using data acquired from a reduced set of localization sources, the reduced set of localization sources excluding the localization algorithm;
• and
• control operation of the SDC using the multi-sourced location as the current location of the SDC.