A vehicle position estimation apparatus including a detection device that detects an external situation around a subject vehicle, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The memory is configured to store a map information including an information on a landmark, and the microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing the landmark around the subject vehicle, based on an information on the external situation detected by the detection device, determining whether the landmark recognized is a variable landmark, a mode of the variable landmark changing in accordance with a time zone, controlling the memory so as to store the information on the landmark recognized, in accordance with a determination result, and estimating a position of the subject vehicle, based on the map information stored in the memory.
VEHICLE POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS
2022-09-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion |
European Patent Office | 2020
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