Systems and methods for projecting a three-dimensional (3D) surface to a two-dimensional (2D) surface for use in autonomous driving are disclosed. In one aspect, a control system for an autonomous vehicle includes a processor and a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to: receive a 3D map including a plurality of objects, determine a base point in the 3D map, shift the objects in the 3D map based on the base point, project the objects in the shifted 3D map to a 2D map, and output the 2D map.

In a vehicle remote instruction system, a remote commander issues a remote instruction relating to travel of an autonomous driving vehicle based on sensor information from an external sensor that detects an external environment of the autonomous driving vehicle. The vehicle remote instruction system sets a range of information to be transmitted to the remote commander among the sensor information detected by the external sensor, as a limited information range, based on the external situation or an external situation obtained based on map information and a trajectory of the autonomous driving vehicle.

Provided are systems and methods for controlling a vehicle based on a map that designed using a factor graph. Because the map is designed using a factor graph, positions of the road can be modified in real-time while operating the vehicle. In one example, the method may include storing a map which is associated with a factor graph of variable nodes representing a plurality of constraints that define positions of lane lines in a road and factor nodes between the variable nodes on the factor graph which define positioning constraints amongst the variable nodes, receiving an indication from the road using a sensor of a vehicle, updating positions of the variable nodes based on the indication and an estimated location of the vehicle within the map, and issue commands capable of controlling a steering operation of the vehicle based on the updated positions of the factor nodes.

The present invention relates to a system, method, infrastructure, and vehicle for performing automated valet parking. The present disclosure enables an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move to and park at an empty parking space by communicating with a parking infrastructure. The present disclosure enables an unmanned vehicle to autonomously move from a parking space to a pickup zone by communicating with a parking infrastructure.

To provide an information processing device configured to: acquire correspondence information between a key frame and a query image, the key frame being disposed in advance on map data; and combine a plurality of pieces of the map data on the basis of the correspondence information.

A computer is programmed to allocate respective connectivity quality data of a geographic area to a first map or a second map. The computer is further programmed to assign one of a plurality of subsets of the first map and one of a plurality of subsets of the second map to a first vehicle, identify respective locations of the first and second vehicles and one of the first or second maps that includes the locations of the first and second vehicles. The computer is further programmed to send, to the first and second vehicles, a map dataset that is a result of applying an XOR function to (1) the subset of the identified map that includes the location of the first vehicle assigned to the first vehicle and (2) the subset of the identified map that includes the location of the second vehicle assigned to the second vehicle.

A system for navigating a host vehicle includes at least one electronic horizon processor to access a map representative of at least a road segment on which the host vehicle travels or is expected to travel, wherein the map includes one or more splines representative of road features associated with the road segment, localize the host vehicle relative to a drivable path for the host vehicle represented among the one or more splines, determine a set of points associated with the one or more splines based on the localization of the host vehicle relative to the drivable path for the host vehicle, and generate a navigation information packet including information associated with the one or more splines and the determined set of points relative to the one or more splines.

A control unit for a vehicle is configured to detect a signalling installation ahead, wherein the signalling installation has at least one signal transmitter. The control unit is configured to ascertain digital map information indicating and/or allowing an association between the at least one signal transmitter and at least one possible direction of travel of the vehicle at the signalling installation. The control unit is further configured to operate a driving function of the vehicle on the basis of the digital map information.

According to an embodiment, a surroundings recognition device includes an acquirer configured to acquire first road information including a road boundary near a host vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the host vehicle, a recognizer configured to recognize a road boundary near the host vehicle on the basis of an output of an external environment sensor, and a determiner configured to determine that a first road boundary matches a second road boundary when the second road boundary included in second road information that is a recognition result of the recognizer is within a road boundary determination area based on a position of the first road boundary included in the first road information acquired by the acquirer. The determiner sets a size of the road boundary determination area on the basis of a predetermined condition.

A system is disclosed for providing a history app. The system may have a source of information regarding artifacts at historical locations, and a user portal. The user portal may have at least one of a locating device and a positional sensor to generate at least one signal, and a camera to capture a view in an environment. The system may further include a network interface and a central processing unit in communication with the source and the user portal via the network interface. The central processing unit may be configured to provide a graphical user interface for display on the user portal and, responsive to input from a user, show the view captured by the camera on the graphical user interface and an image of at least one of the artifacts within the view based on a corresponding one of the historical locations and the at least one signal.