18743413. MAP GENERATION APPARATUS (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)
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MAP GENERATION APPARATUS
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MAP GENERATION APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18743413 titled 'MAP GENERATION APPARATUS
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A map generation apparatus includes an in-vehicle detector and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing an exterior environment situation around a subject vehicle by using a detection data of the in-vehicle detector, generating a map including position information of a predetermined feature based on recognition information acquired in the recognizing; calculating a reliability of the generated map, for each piece of position information; storing the map and reliability information indicating the reliability as map information; and updating, when at least a part of a new map newly generated in the generating is included in the existing map, data of a corresponding section of the existing map corresponding to a generation section of the new map based on data and the reliability of the new map in the generation section and data and the reliability of the existing map in the corresponding section.
