Systems and methods for anonymizing navigation information

A navigation system for collecting anonymized drive information relative to a road section traversed by a host vehicle, the navigation system comprising:

• at least one processor comprising circuitry and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the circuitry cause the at least one processor to:
• receive outputs provided by one or more sensor the outputs being indicative of motion of the host vehicle;
• determine at least one motion representation for the host vehicle based, at least in part, on the outputs from the one or more sensors;
• receive at least one image acquired by a camera, the at least one image being representative of an environment of the host vehicle along the road section;
• analyze the at least one image to determine at least one road characteristic associated with the road section;
• determine a starting point for a first portion of the road section, the starting point for the first portion of the road section being different from a starting point of a route traveled by the host vehicle along the road section;
• assemble first road segment information relative to the first portion of the road section, wherein the first road segment information includes the determined at least one motion representation for the host vehicle and the determined at least one road characteristic relative to the first portion of the road section:
• determine a starting point for a second portion of the road section, the starting point for the second portion of the road section being different from an ending point of the first portion of the road section;
• assemble second road segment information relative to the second portion of the road section, wherein the second road segment information includes the determined at least one motion representation for the host vehicle and the determined at least one road characteristic relative to the second portion of the road section;
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• cause transmission of the first road segment information and the second road segment information to a server remotely located relative to the host vehicle for assembly of an autonomous vehicle road navigation model.

A method for collecting anonymized drive information relative to a road section traversed by a host vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving outputs provided by one or more sensors, the outputs being indicative of motion of the host vehicle;
• determining at least one motion representation for the host vehicle based, at least in part, on the outputs from the one or more sensors;
• receiving at least one image acquired by a camera, the at least one image being representative of an environment of the host vehicle along the road section;
• analyzing the at least one image to determine at least one road characteristic associated with the road section;
• determining a starting point for a first portion of the road section. the starting point for the first portion of the road section being different from a starting point of a route traveled by the host vehicle along the road section:
• assembling first road segment information relative to the first portion of the road section, wherein the first road segment information includes the determined at least one motion representation for the host vehicle and the determined at least one road characteristic relative to the first portion of the road section;
• determining a starting point for a second portion of the road section, the starting point for the second portion of the road section being different from an ending point of the first portion of the road section;
• assembling second road segment information relative to the second portion of the road section, wherein the second road segment information includes the determined at least one motion representation for the host vehicle and the determined at least one road characteristic relative to the second portion of the road section;
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• causing transmission of the first road segment information and the second road segment information to a server remotely located relative to the host vehicle for assembly of an autonomous vehicle road navigation model.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing nstructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method for collecting anonymized drive information relative to a road section traversed by a host vehicle, the method comprising;

• receiving outputs provided by one or more sensors, the outputs being indicative of motion of the host vehicle;
• determining at least one motion representation for the host vehicle based, at least in part, on the outputs from the one or more sensors;
• receiving at least one image acquired by a camera, the at least one it age being representative of an environment of the host vehicle along the road section;
• analyzing the at least one image to determine at least one road characteristic associated with the road section;
• determine a starting point for a second portion of the road section, the starting point for the second portion of the road section being different from an ending point of the first portion of the road section;
• assembling first road segment information relative to the first portion of the road section, wherein the first road segment information includes the determined at least one motion representation for the host vehicle and the determined at least one road characteristic relative to the first portion of the road section;
• determining a starting paint for a second portion of the road section, the starting point for the second portion of the road section being different from an ending point of the first portion of the road section;
• assembling second road segment information relative to the second portion of the road section, wherein the second road segment information includes the determined at least one motion representation for the host vehicle and the determined at least one road characteristic relative to the second portion of the road section;
• and
• causing transmission of the first road segment information and the second road segment information to a server remotely located relative to the host vehicle for assembly of an autonomous vehicle road navigation model.

A server-based system for processing vehicle navigation information for use in autonomous vehicle navigation, the system comprising:

• at least one processor comprising circuitry and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the circuitry 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 and the navigation information 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 fora first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the first portion of the common road section;
• 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 first vehicle and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the second portion of the common road section, the second portion of the road section being different from the first portion of the road section and spatially separated from the first portion of the road section by at least a third portion of the road section;
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• third road segment information relative to the third portion of the common road section, wherein the third road segment information includes a determined at least one motion representation for a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the third portion of he 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.

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 and the navigation information 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 first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the first portion of the common road section;
• 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 first vehicle and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the second portion of the common road section, the second portion of the road section being different from the first portion of the road section and spatially separated from the first portion of the road section by at least a third portion of the road section;
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• third road segment information relative to the third portion of the common road section, wherein the third road segment information includes a determined at least one motion representation for a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the third portion of the 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.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform 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 and the navigation information 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 first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the first portion of the common road section;
• 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 first vehicle and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the second portion of the common road section, the second portion of the road section being different from the first portion of the road section and spatially separated from the first portion of the road section by at least a third portion of the road section;
• and
• third road segment information relative to the third portion of the common road section, wherein the third road segment information includes a determined at least one motion representation for a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and a determined at least one road characteristic relative to the third portion of the 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.