Method of building and using local map of vehicle drive path

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8972103-B2
Application number	US-201313846969-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2013
Priority date	Mar 19, 2013
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

An automotive vehicle mapping system is disclosed. The mapping system includes an on-vehicle electronic storage device, a GPS receiver, and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is configured to receive GPS data from the GPS receiver indicative of a current location of the vehicle. The electronic controller is also configured to store the GPS data on the electronic storage device if the location of the vehicle is outside of a location envelope.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An automotive vehicle mapping system, comprising:
an on-vehicle electronic storage device;
a GPS receiver; and
an electronic controller, communicatively coupled to the electronic storage device and the GPS receiver, said controller configured to:
periodically sample GPS data from said GPS receiver indicative of a current location of the vehicle;
determine, from the sampled GPS data, whether the vehicle is within a location envelope; and
store…

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Elwart Shane S
• Pilutti Thomas Edward

Classifications

• G01S19/42

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01C21/3837 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01C21/3844

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01C21/00 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic