ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,643, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to WOVEN BY TOYOTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Systems and methods for updating a current base model comprising a plurality of images" was invented by Hadi Fadaifard (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for updating a current base model are provided. The systems include a controller programmed to obtain a current base model comprising a plurality of images, a 3D pointset, and geometric features, retrieve captured video data comprising a plurality of video frames with location data of a vehicle as the vehicle drives a route, localize the route of the vehicle and determine a pose of the ve...