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posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 04 2019, @10:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the picture-perfect dept.

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Toyota, Carmera will create HD maps for self-driving cars using autobrake cameras

High-definition mapping is but one part of the very large equation being worked through as the auto industry prepares for autonomy. But creating those kinds of maps for every road in the world, as one might expect, takes a lot of work. Thankfully, Toyota and Carmera think they have a solution.

Toyota Research Institute and Carmera, a company focused on HD mapping, announced on Thursday that the two are developing a proof of concept of TRI's Automated Mapping Platform, which takes data from participating cars and turns that into HD maps that could be used to help autonomous vehicles navigate.

[...] The program will start in downtown Tokyo. TRI notes in its press release that HD mapping has covered less than 1 percent of worldwide roads to date, most of which are highways. Urban and local roads are likely to see large shares of AVs in the future, so both companies believe this can speed up the whole mapping process. Of course, even if the proof of concept proves viable, it would take a lot of effort to get automakers on board with the idea -- after all, even if the data is anonymized, drivers and OEMs alike may not enjoy the idea of a camera beaming what's in front of your car to some random server farm across the globe.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @07:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @07:07PM (#809923)

    too bad people won't demand that the data and software that uses it be foss.