Simulation Platform for Vector Map Live Updates
AssigneeArgo AI, LLC
InventorsTimothy James DOUGLAS, Patrick Barone, Timothy Cummings
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for simulating map update functions in an autonomous vehicle (AV) system. The system can create a simulation environment to test the AV system using data collected during regular operations of the AV system. The data comprises (1) map updating documents from a cloud service, (2) local map updating documents, and (3) observation data. A map-deviation detection mechanism is used to process the observation data.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- generating, by one or more computing devices, a virtual environment of a map zone, wherein the virtual environment comprises information about traffic conditions of the map zone collected during a drive test of an autonomous vehicle (AV) system;
- providing, by the one or more computing devices, a map update document to the AV system;
- checking, by the one or more computing devices, whether a base map of the map zone is updated by the AV system when the AV system receives the map update document;
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- checking, by the one or more computing devices, whether the base map is updated by the AV system when the AV system detects a deviation between the virtual environment and the base map.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, execution of which, by a computing devices, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- generating a virtual environment simulating a map zone, wherein the virtual environment comprises information about traffic conditions of the map zone collected during a drive test of an autonomous vehicle (AV) system;
- transmitting a map update document to the AV system;
- checking whether a base map of the map zone is updated by the AV system when the AV system receives the map update document;
- and
- checking whether the base map is updated by the AV system when the AV system detects a deviation between the virtual environment and the base map.
A system, comprising:
- a storage medium configured to store a map update document and information about traffic conditions of a map zone collected by an autonomous vehicle (AV) system during a drive test;
- and
- one or more computing devices coupled to the storage medium and the AV system, wherein the one or more computing devices are configured to perform operations comprising:
- generating a virtual environment simulating the map zone;
- transmitting, from the storage medium, the information about traffic conditions of a map zone to the virtual environment;
- transmitting, from the storage medium, the map update document to the AV system;
- checking whether a base map of the map zone is updated by the AV system when the AV system receives the map update document;
- and
- checking whether the base map is updated by the AV system when a sensing unit of the AV system detects a deviation between the virtual environment and the base map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.