Map Boundary Correction Using Overlapping Point Sets

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Solution Overview

Problem

Autonomous operation devices face high computing power demands and increased maintenance costs due to real-time map correction through reversing behaviors, which is inefficient and resource-intensive.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for map correction that involves acquiring point sets outside the maximum inner and outer contours of an original map, identifying overlapping points, and adding them to an adjusted map to reduce computing power requirements and improve accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If real-time map correction is performed through reversing behavior and algorithms, then map correction accuracy is improved, but computing power demand and maintenance cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemap correction accuracyVSAvoidcomputing power demand
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs map correction in advance during the boundary coordinate recording phase, rather than in real-time during autonomous operation. By pre-processing the original map to generate a corrected map with buffer zones before autonomous operation begins, the system eliminates the need for computationally intensive real-time corrections, thus reducing computing power demand while maintaining correction accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts and removes point sets that fall within buffer zones from the original map data. By identifying points in the first buffer zone (outside maximum inner contour) and second buffer zone (outside outer contour), and deleting these points to create an adjusted map, the system simplifies the map data structure and reduces the computational load required for real-time processing while preserving necessary correction information

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Measurement precision

If real-time map correction is performed, then map correction accuracy is improved, but device complexity and maintenance cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemap correction accuracyVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs map correction in advance during the boundary coordinate recording phase, rather than in real-time during autonomous operation. By pre-processing the original map to generate a corrected map with buffer zones before autonomous operation begins, the system eliminates the need for computationally intensive real-time corrections, thus reducing computing power demand while maintaining correction accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a corrected map as a copy or alternative representation of the original map, which includes pre-processed boundary information and buffer zone adjustments. This corrected map serves as a simplified data structure that can be used directly during autonomous operation without requiring complex real-time processing algorithms, thereby reducing device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If real-time map correction is performed, then map correction accuracy is improved, but correction time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemap correction accuracyVSAvoidcorrection time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs map correction in advance during the boundary coordinate recording phase, rather than in real-time during autonomous operation. By pre-processing the original map to generate a corrected map with buffer zones before autonomous operation begins, the system eliminates the need for computationally intensive real-time corrections, thus reducing computing power demand while maintaining correction accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4729890A1Map correction method and apparatus, device, and medium
Publication Date: 2026.04.22 ZHEJIANG SUNSEEKER IND CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for map correction, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a first point set outside a maximum inner contour and a second point set outside an outer contour in an original map; deleting the first point set and the second point set in the map to acquire an adjusted map; identifying an overlapping point set according to the first point set and the second point set, where the overlapping point set includes overlapping points in the first point set and the second point set; and adding the overlapping point set to the adjusted map to acquire a corrected map. After the original map is acquired, the original map is post-processed, such that the demand on the computing power of an on-board processor is reduced, and the correction efficiency and accuracy of the map are improved.