IP Library Granted Patent US 10,859,397
Granted Patent B2
US 10,859,397 · App. 16/133,194 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Method and device for creating a map

Inventors: Simon Weissenmayer (Flein, DE); Timo Koenig (Unterheinriet, DE); Erik Lesser (Steinheim, DE); Markus Dressel (Veilsdorf, DE); Peter Buchner (Grosserlach, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
G01C21/3694G01C21/32G01C21/3626G06F16/29G06T17/05G06T2207/30252
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Patent No.
US 10,859,397
App. No.
16/133,194
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a device are described for creating a map, including a step of receiving a signal, the signal representing a determination of the position of a vehicle in an area, and the signal including an analysis of the position determination, a step of determining a surface state in the area, based on the analysis and as a function of the position determination, a step of creating a map based on the surface state, the map representing at least the area, and a step of providing the map.

Claims (26)

1. A method for creating a map, the method comprising:

receiving a signal representing a position determination of a vehicle in an area and including an analysis of the position determination;

determining a surface state in the area based on the analysis and as a function of the position determination;

creating a map based on the surface state, the map representing at least the area; and

providing the map;

wherein the determining of the surface includes at least one of:

performing a comparison of the analysis to at least one reference analysis,

performing the comparison as a function of at least one of a time of day and a time of year of the position determination, and

detecting an instantaneous temperature of the area, and

wherein the map includes multiple map layers, including one map layer showing a map from a bird's-eye view, including a position of streets, buildings, and/or landscape features, a further map layer that includes a radar and/or LIDAR map of surroundings data values that are encompassed by the radar and/or LIDAR map being stored with a radar and/or LIDAR signature, and a surface-state map layer that includes surface states of a road.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the surface state in the area is in the form of friction coefficients and/or in a description of the surface state.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the providing of the map takes place so that vehicle and at least one other vehicle are operated as a function of the map.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the analysis of the position determination includes determining an intensity of a locating signal that is detected for determining a position of the vehicle.

5. A device for creating a map, comprising:

a first element for receiving a signal representing a position determination of a vehicle in an area and including an analysis of the position determination;

a second element for determining a surface state in the area based on the analysis and as a function of the position determination;

a third element for creating a map based on the surface state, the map representing at least the area; and

a fourth element for providing the map;

wherein the determining of the surface includes at least one of:

performing a comparison of the analysis to at least one reference analysis,

performing the comparison as a function of at least one of a time of day and a time of year of the position determination, and

detecting an instantaneous temperature of the area, and

wherein the map includes multiple map layers, including one map layer showing a map from a bird's-eye view, including a position of streets, buildings, and/or landscape features, a further map layer that includes a radar and/or LIDAR map of surroundings data values that are encompassed by the radar and/or LIDAR map being stored with a radar and/or LIDAR signature, and a surface-state map layer that includes surface states of a road.

6. The device as recited in claim 5 , wherein the surface state in the area is in the form of friction coefficients and/or in a description of the surface state.

7. The device as recited in claim 5 , wherein the providing of the map takes place so that the vehicle and at least one other vehicle are operated as a function of the map.

8. The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the analysis of the position determination includes determining an intensity of a locating signal that is detected for determining a position of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: WEISSENMAYER, SIMON; KOENIG, TIMO; LESSER, ERIK; DRESSEL, MARKUS; BUCHNER, PETER
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 048166/0786 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 216 584 · Sep 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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