18898808. METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE CREATION OF AN ELEVATION MAP (Robert Bosch GmbH)
METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE CREATION OF AN ELEVATION MAP
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Inventor(s)
Dan-Teodor Onica of CLUJ-NAPOCA RO
Mihai Barbulescu of CLUJ-NAPOCA RO
METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE CREATION OF AN ELEVATION MAP
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18898808 titled 'METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE CREATION OF AN ELEVATION MAP
Original Abstract Submitted
A method for assisting in the creation of an elevation map. The method includes: detecting a surroundings of a land vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle or rail vehicle, and ascertaining image data based on the detection by means of a camera of a land vehicle; ascertaining an elevation of a location in the surroundings of the land vehicle relative to a reference location based on the image data; sending the ascertained elevation of the location via a communication network to a remote map server, in order to assist it in the creation of the elevation map. An apparatus for assisting in the creation of an elevation map, a land vehicle, a map server for creating an elevation map, a method for creating an elevation map, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.