PRIORITIZED SENSOR DATA PROCESSING USING MAP INFORMATION FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES

An object-detection system (10) for an automated vehicle includes an object-detector (20), a digital-map (14), and a controller (12). The object-detector (20) is used to observe a field-of-view proximate to a host-vehicle. The digital-map (14) is used to indicate a roadway-characteristic (56) proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller (12) is configured to define a region-of-interest within the field-of-view based on the roadway-characteristic (56), and preferentially-process information from the object-detector (20) that corresponds to the region-of-interest.