US Patent Issued to Torc Robotics on Sept. 23 for "Methods and systems for high definition map generation" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,274, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Torc Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Methods and systems for high definition map generation" was invented by Ryan Chilton (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and systems (sensors) that allow revision of HD maps for lane lines as the lane lines are created. In a non-limiting example, a method comprises receiving, by a processor from a sensor associated with a vehicle configured to paint a lane line, a color attribute, a patterns attribute, and a location of a lane line painted on a road by the vehicle; determining, by the processor, using the location...