General Motors Applies For Decentralized Blockchain Map Patent>
Forbes – Darryn Pollock
The abstract in the patent application describes the idea as: âA system for updating a distributed navigation map for a motor vehicle includes one or more sensors that evaluates and characterizes a surrounding around the motor vehicle and a discrepancy detector that identifies differences in the surrounding compared to a known navigation map based on information received from the one or more sensors. The differences are transmitted to a blockchain map network,â according to the application. The issue that this patent looks to be trying to solve in the driving space is related to the dynamic feedback of mapping around a car. Currently, many motor vehicles, including autonomous ones, utilize some type of navigation system that provides detailed maps to the driver of the motor vehicle or the automated driving system regarding the geographic location of the vehicle and directions to a desired destination. GMâs work with blockchain and autonomous cars has seen another patent being published which details a process by which self-driving cars would be able to store all their data on a distributed ledger. The document, produced by GM Global Technology Operations LLC, further notes that any data stored could be easily shared among the blockchainâs users.
Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrynpollock/2020/04/03/general-motors-applies-for-decentralized-blockchain-map-patent/#2fbe93125707