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Tesla patents map-building system that filters out moving traffic

This filing describes a method for self-driving cars to build a map of their surroundings by combining data from multiple camera views. The system uses a machine learning model to update this map only when the car's speed or the environment's context meets specific criteria, helping it distinguish permanent objects like buildings from moving ones.

Why it mattersIt offers a look at how Tesla might refine its self-driving software to better understand the physical world by focusing on static elements.

In the filing’s own words

Systems and methods for a vision-based machine learning model for aggregation of static objects and systems for autonomous driving. An example method includes maintaining a spatial representation of an environment. Features are aggregation across a plurality of observation instances. The spatial representation is updated when the vehicle satisfies a threshold based on a motion characteristic and a contextual characteristic of the environment. Images depicting static objects are output.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method, comprising: maintaining, by at least one processor, a spatial representation of an environment associated with a vehicle based on sensor-derived features; aggregating, by the at least one processor, the sensor-derived features across a plurality of observation instances; determining, by the at least one processor, a threshold for updating the spatial representation, wherein the threshold varies based on a motion characteristic and a contextual characteristic of the environment; updating, by the at least one processor, the spatial representation when the vehicle satisfies the threshold; and outputting, by the at least one processor, an image depicting at least one static object within the spatial representation of the environment.

Facts

Company
Tesla (TESLA, INC.)
Official title
VISION-BASED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR AGGREGATION OF STATIC OBJECTS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING
Publication number
US20260285363A1
Application number
19682985
Filed
May 20, 2026
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Inventors
7
Claims
20

Classified under

B60W 60/001 Operations & transportG06T 7/13 Physics & computingG06T 7/20 Physics & computingG06V 10/774 Physics & computingG06V 20/56 Physics & computingG06V 20/58 Physics & computing
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