18463709. FEATURE EXTRACTION AND ALIGNMENT FOR NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS (QUALCOMM Incorporated)

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FEATURE EXTRACTION AND ALIGNMENT FOR NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS

Organization Name

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor(s)

Venkatraman Narayanan of Farmington Hills MI (US)

Varun Ravi Kumar of San Diego CA (US)

Senthil Kumar Yogamani of Headford (IE)

FEATURE EXTRACTION AND ALIGNMENT FOR NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18463709 titled 'FEATURE EXTRACTION AND ALIGNMENT FOR NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS

Original Abstract Submitted

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for processing and aligning sensor data features for navigation. In a first aspect, a method is provided that includes determining, based on received sensor data, a first set of features for an area surrounding the vehicle. A second set of features for the area surrounding the vehicle may be determined based on an occupancy map for the area surrounding the vehicle. A third set of features may be determined that align the first set of features with the second set of features. The third set of features may align each of at least a subset of the second set of features with at least one corresponding feature from the first set of features. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.