Method and apparatus for creating or supplementing a map for a motor vehicle

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PATENT NO 10663304
APP PUB NO 20180045521A1
SERIAL NO

15672875

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A method for creating or augmenting a map for a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle establishes its location in a surrounding environment by comparing environment data acquired by at least one sensor with map data stored in the map. The method provides a base map of a surrounding environment of the motor vehicle; provides at least one base segment, wherein the at least one base segment has at least one characteristic feature; and creates or augments the map by generating map data, wherein the map data is generated by a map creation unit by assigning the at least one provided base segment to an associated position in the provided base map. Also disclosed is a corresponding device.

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VOLKSWAGEN AGWOLFSBURG GERMANY WOLFSBURG LOWER SAXONY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bauer, Sascha Berlin, DE 45 246
Kirlangic, Mehmet Eylem Wolfsburg, DE 6 17
Klandt, Jesko Berlin, DE 6 19
Konnopka, Robert Berlin, DE 6 31
Krüger, Lars Schorfheide, DE 19 41
Max, Stephan Gifhorn, DE 55 255
Tendyck, Christian Berlin, DE 8 57
Wege, Andreas Berlin, DE 5 17
Weiß, Kristian Berlin, DE 4 20

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