ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

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ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18810306 titled 'ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

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A processor of a road shape estimation apparatus is configured to execute road-shape estimation program instructions to accordingly (i) estimate a shape of a road located on a traveling course of an own vehicle based on an estimated-point cloud acquired by at least one object recognition sensor mounted to the own vehicle, the estimated-point cloud comprising an assembly of estimated points on the road located on the traveling course of an own vehicle, and (ii) compensate for a decrease in an estimation accuracy of the shape of the road based on the estimated-point cloud using a result of learning, based on complex position data of the own vehicle, information about the shape of the road, the complex position data of the own vehicle including at least one of three-dimensional position of the own vehicle and attitude data of the own vehicle.