ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,682, issued on July 7, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method and system for generating a localization map containing at least one unique combination of features" was invented by Jan Rohde (Stuttgart, Germany) and Philipp Rasp (Reusten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a localization map for operating an automated and/or assisting vehicle system of a vehicle. Fleet data are collected by traversing a traffic route portion with fleet vehicles. The localization map is generated from the collected fleet data. A unique combination of features is ascertained from the collected fleet dat...