Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Localization using semantically segmented images
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Application No.: US16419903Application Date: 2019-05-22
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Publication No.: US11295161B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Derek Adams , Nathaniel Jon Kaiser , Michael Carsten Bosse
- Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06K9/46
- IPC: G06K9/46 ; G06K9/62 ; G06T7/12 ; G06N20/00 ; G06K9/00 ; G06T7/73

Abstract:
Techniques are discussed for determining a location of a vehicle in an environment using a feature corresponding to a portion of an image representing an object in the environment which is associated with a frequently occurring object classification. For example, an image may be received and semantically segmented to associate pixels of the image with a label representing an object of an object type (e.g., extracting only those portions of the image which represent lane boundary markings). Features may then be extracted, or otherwise determined, which are limited to those portions of the image. In some examples, map data indicating a previously mapped location of a corresponding portion of the object may be used to determine a difference. The difference (or sum of differences for multiple observations) are then used to localize the vehicle with respect to the map.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210182596A1 LOCALIZATION USING SEMANTICALLY SEGMENTED IMAGES Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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