ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,683, issued on May 12, was assigned to Motional AD LLC (Boston).
"Methods and systems for measuring sensor visibility" was invented by Timothy O'Donnell (West Newton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods for methods and systems for measuring sensor visibility, which can include obtaining sensor data associated with an autonomous vehicle and determining a blockage parameter indicative of a blockage of a sensor based on a comparison of the sensor data with secondary data. Some methods described also include controlling an operation of an autonomous vehicle based on the blockage parameter. Systems and computer progra...