Methods, Apparatuses, Controllers, Vehicles, and Program Products for Generating Maps

Abstract

A method, an apparatus, a controller, a vehicle, and a program product for generating a map are disclosed. The method includes (i) determining target view features corresponding to the environment based on a set of images related to the environment surrounding the vehicle, and (ii) determining initialization features for generating a second map based on map information from a first map of the environment, wherein the accuracy of the first map is lower than that of the second map and/or the first map contains less information than the second map. The method further includes generating map features for the second map based on the target view features and the initialization features. Utilized is a first map with low precision or less information for the initialization features of a second map, thereby reducing optimization time when generating the second map, enabling the generation of corresponding map information even when image data is missing, and resulting in a more accurate second map due to the constraints of the map information of the first map.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.