Xiaomi Auto Announces Map Generation Patent
Xiaomi Automobile Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi, released on July 26 a patent entitled “Map Generation Method, Device, Controller, Server, Storage Medium and Vehicle.”
According to the patent abstract, this method collects environmental data, such as surrounding images and movement status, while a vehicle is in a parking area. By processing the surround view image data, a top view image is generated, then divided into multiple top view sub-images according to the traffic identification information in the top view image. Then, the top view sub-images are spliced and fused based on the movement position and posture data to generate an area map, and then the server is triggered to fuse the area maps sent by multiple vehicles to generate a target area map.
The patented method can reduce the cartographic cost of garage scenarios, improve cartographic efficiency and realize the real-time updating of high-precision maps.
Xiaomi Auto has also published a number of patents before, including: transparent chassis, high-precision positioning, neural networks, traffic light duration calculation, lane line recognition, model training, automatic lane change, automatic overtaking, behavior prediction and so on.
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