Uber Technologies, Inc.
PERSISTENT VEHICLE LOCATION SERVICE USING GROUND TRUTH IMAGE RENDERING INSTEAD OF GPS

Abstract:

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for computer-implemented method for determining a location of a vehicle. The systems and methods initialize the location of a vehicle based on GPS data of a client device within the vehicle, and receive, from the client device, a rendering of an image captured subsequent to initialization. The systems and methods determine a geographical area corresponding to the received rendering using the GPS data and data obtained from a sensor within the vehicle, and compare the received rendering to entries that each include a rendering and a respective associated location that is within the geographical area. The systems and methods determine from the comparing whether the received rendering matches a respective rendering included in a respective entry, and if so, responsively determine that the location of the vehicle is the respective associated location included in the respective entry.