METHOD OF DETERMINING POSITION OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE USING THE SAME

Title:

METHOD OF DETERMINING POSITION OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE USING THE SAME

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/209057

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided is an autonomous vehicle including a storage configured to store a map including two-dimensionally represented road surface information and three-dimensionally represented structure information, a camera configured to obtain a two-dimensional (2D) image of a road surface in a vicinity of the vehicle, a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) unit configured to obtain three-dimensional (3D) spatial information regarding structures in a vicinity of the vehicle, and a controller comprising processing circuitry configured to determine at least one of the camera or the LiDAR unit as a position sensor, based on whether it is possible to obtain information regarding the road surface and/or the structures in the vicinity of the vehicle, to identify a position of the vehicle on the map corresponding to a current position of the vehicle using the position sensor, and performing autonomous driving based on the identified position on the map.

Inventors:

CHOI MIDEUM (KR)
PARK CHANGSOO (KR)
BAIK ARON (KR)
RYU JEWOONG (KR)
NA INHAK (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2019/005028

Publication Date:

October 31, 2019

Filing Date:

April 25, 2019

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)

International Classes:

G01S17/89; G05D1/02; B60W30/14; B60W30/18; B60W40/02; G01S13/931; G01S17/86; G01S17/931

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