METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREMENTAL MAPPING OF HAUL ROADS

    公开(公告)号:US20240094027A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18038548

    申请日:2021-11-26

    CPC classification number: G01C21/3841 E02F7/00 G01C21/3822

    Abstract: A system for generating and updating an electronic map of paths travelled by vehicles in a geographical area, the system comprising: a plurality of vehicles located in the geographical area and each fitted with a position tracker and a vehicle communications system to transmit a series of chronological position reports in respect of the vehicle; a data communications network in data communication with the vehicle communications system of each of the plurality of vehicles; a map generation assembly (MGA) including a processing assembly and an electronic memory assembly, the map generation assembly being in data communication with the data communications network and arranged to receive the position reports, the MGA being configured to; generate batches of points from the position reports, the points corresponding to vehicle positions for respective vehicles at respective times, in the electronic memory assembly; operating the processing assembly to make batch-by-batch comparisons of points of a batch with positions of the clusters of the map; based upon the comparisons, operating the processing assembly to update the map by performing a cluster update procedure; operate the processing assembly to update the connections between the clusters subsequent to the cluster update to thereby produce an updated map; and transmit the updated map via the data network to a remote user.

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