System and method for virtual lane generation

A method, comprising:

• determining one or more paths associated with a lane pair of the vehicle, wherein the lane pair corresponds to an ingress lane and an egress lane associated with a road intersection;
• aggregating the determined one or more paths corresponding to the lane pair, to generate a bounding path associated with the lane pair;
• generating a virtual lane based on the generated bounding path, wherein the generation of the virtual lane is based on determination of a plurality of lane shape points corresponding to the generated bounding path;
• and
• storing data associated with the generated virtual lane in a map database.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions which when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to conduct operations for virtual lane generation for a vehicle, the operations comprising:

• determining one or more paths associated with a lane pair of the vehicle, wherein the lane pair corresponds to an ingress lane and an egress lane associated with a traffic signal intersection;
• aggregating the determined one or more paths corresponding to the lane pair, to generate a bounding path associated with the lane pair;
• generating a virtual lane based on the generated bounding path, wherein the generation of the virtual lane is based on determination of a plurality of lane shape points corresponding to the generated bounding path;
• and
• storing data associated with the generated virtual lane in a map database.