US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Dec. 23 for "Systems and methods for determining a drivable surface" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,541, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for determining a drivable surface" was invented by Martin Fritz Mueller (San Jose, Calif.), Gary Fay (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Vikram Vijayanbabu Appia (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for identifying a drivable area in front of a vehicle. A three-dimensional measurement sensor captures three-dimensional data corresponding to an area in front of the vehicle. Processing circuitry compares the captured three-dimensional data with a three-dimensional ground model to identify at least ...