ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,941, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Map generation apparatus" was invented by Naoki Mori (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A map generation apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: extracting feature points from detection information detected by an in-vehicle detection unit; selecting feature points for which three-dimensional positions are to be calculated from extracted feature points; based on a plurality of the detection information, calculating the three-dimensional positions of same feature points in the plurality of the detection information for the selected feature ...