Patent Document ID: 20140324336
Application ID: 14326597
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a navigation unit configured to determine a position of the vehicle; a detection unit configured to detect objects that are external to the vehicle, and to recognize features of the objects; a local database configured to store object reference data, the object reference data including feature data of objects, and position data identifying positions of the objects; an identification unit configured to identify objects that are expected to be detected based on a determined position of the vehicle by comparing the features of the objects that are recognized by the detection unit to the feature data of the objects that are expected to be detected stored in the local database; and a transceiver configured to communicate with a remote database that stores additional object reference data, the additional object reference data including additional feature data of the objects and corresponding position data identifying positions of respective objects, wherein in response to the identification unit determining that it is unable to identify a first object, the transceiver is configured to communicate with the remote database to access the additional object reference data, and the identification unit is configured to compare features of the first object to the additional feature data to identify the first object, and the navigation unit is further configured to update the position of the vehicle based on position data of identified objects.