ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,956, issued on April 14, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLP (Irvine, Calif.).
"Monitor performance of electric vehicle components using audio analysis" was invented by Philippe Herrou (Aptos, Calif.) and Chris Conklin (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Monitoring performance of electric vehicle components using tonal analysis is provided. A system can receive audio data from an electric vehicle captured via a sensor associated with the electric vehicle, the audio data indicative of performance of an electric component of the electric vehicle. The system can detect a change in the performance of the electric component....