Patent ID: 8712691

Claim:
A method, carried out by a processor of a vehicle, comprising the steps of: receiving road geometry model information generated by each one of a plurality of road geometry model information sources of a vehicle, wherein the road geometry model information of each one of the road geometry model information sources characterizes a geometry of an approaching segment of a roadway over which the vehicle is traveling; and creating a synthetic road geometry model dependent upon the road geometry model information of a first one of the road geometry model information sources and the road geometry model information of a second one of the road geometry model information sources in response to determining that the road geometry model information of the first one of the road geometry model information sources and the road geometry model information of the second one of the road geometry model information sources each suitably approximate the geometry of the approaching segment of the roadway; the first and second road geometry model information sources providing respective road geometry model information in different spatial information forms; and creating the synthetic road geometry model includes altering a spatial information form of at least one of the first one of the road geometry model information sources and the road geometry model information of the second one of the road geometry model information sources such that the road geometry model information of the first and second road geometry model information sources are in compatible spatial information forms.