Patent ID: 6526352
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B60T,B60W,G01C,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
An arrangement for attaching to a vehicle to enable mapping of a road during travel of the vehicle, comprising:a first data acquisition module adapted to be arranged on a first side of the vehicle; a second data acquisition module adapted to be arranged on a second side of the vehicle; each of said modules comprising a GPS receiver and an antenna for enabling a determination of the position of the vehicle to be obtained and a linear camera adapted to provide one-dimensional images of an area on a respective one of the first and second sides of the vehicle, said linear cameras providing images of a vertical plane perpendicular to the road such that a view of the road in a direction perpendicular to the road is obtained and information about the road is obtainable from that view; and processor means coupled to said modules for forming a map database of the road by correlating the position of the vehicle on the road and the information about the road.