---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000587"
title: "Detection and mapping of generalized retroreflective surfaces"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:03:07.247215Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000587"
categories:
  - "sensors-controls-machine-vision/industrial-control"
keywords:
  - "g05d1/246"
  - "g05d1/43"
  - "g05d2111/52"
  - "h04w4/027"
  - "h04w4/029"
---

# Detection and mapping of generalized retroreflective surfaces

## Abstract

A method comprises monitoring, by a processor, using a sensor of a first vehicle, data associated with a retroreflective feature near a road being driven by the first vehicle; vectorizing, by the processor, the data associated with the retroreflective feature; generating, by the processor, a digital map including vectorized data associated with the retroreflective feature and a location associated with the retroreflective feature; receiving, by the processor, data associated with the retroreflective feature from a second vehicle; and executing, by the processor, a localization protocol to identify a location of the second vehicle using the digital map.