Method and device for increasing the accuracy of localization

A device for increasing the accuracy of localization in a vehicle, which comprises a computation and control device, which is configured to perform operations comprising:

• a) detecting a selected object in an environment, using a camera of a first vehicle;
• b) estimating a first position of the selected object, by means of a first program for localization, in the first vehicle,
• wherein the first program uses first location coordinates of the first vehicle and a first distance estimate to the selected object;
• c) transferring an attribute of the selected object, the first location coordinates and the first distance estimate to a server;
• d) carrying out the steps a) to c) for the selected object, to estimate a second position of the selected object, using a camera of a second vehicle, by means of a second program for localization, using second location coordinates and a second distance estimate;
• e*) calculation of a third position of the selected object, wherein the third program calculates a center of gravity of the plurality of location coordinates and distance estimates,
• wherein the third program performs an averaging of the plurality of location coordinates and distance estimates;
• f) using the third position of the selected object as a reference position for increasing the accuracy of a localization of a third vehicle.

A device for increasing the accuracy of localization in a vehicle, which comprises a computation and control device, which is configured to perform operations comprising:

• a) detecting a selected object in an environment, using a camera of a first vehicle;
• b) estimating a first position of the selected object, by means of a first program for localization, in the first vehicle,
• wherein the first program uses first location coordinates of the first vehicle and a first distance estimate to the selected object;
• c) transferring an attribute of the selected object, the first location coordinates and the first distance estimate to a server;
• d) carrying out the steps a) to c) for the selected object, to estimate a second position of the selected object, using a camera of a second vehicle, by means of a second program for localization, using second location coordinates and a second distance estimate;
• e) calculating a third position of the selected object by the server, by means of a third program, using an attribute of the selected object, the first and the second location coordinates and the first and the second distance estimate,
• wherein the third program performs an averaging of the plurality of location coordinates and distance estimates;
• f*) correction of the first location coordinates of the first vehicle and the second location coordinates of the second vehicle using a fourth position of the selected object,
• wherein the fourth position of the selected object is retrieved from a database.