Micron Technology, Inc.
USING DRONE DATA TO GENERATE HIGH-DEFINITION MAP FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION

Abstract:

An autonomous vehicle navigates using a digital map stored in memory. In one approach, the vehicle plans a navigation route that includes a geographic location (e.g., a location on a road to be traveled by the vehicle). An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) collects sensor data at the geographic location (e.g., in advance of travel on the road). The collected sensor data is processed to generate map data for objects or other features at the geographic location. The digital map is updated using the generated map data.