US Patent Issued to TORC ROBOTICS on Aug. 18 for "Systems and methods for using multiple vehicles to increase confidence level" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,291, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TORC ROBOTICS INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Systems and methods for using multiple vehicles to increase confidence level" was invented by Harish Pullagurla (Blacksburg, Va.), Ryan Chilton (Blacksburg, Va.), Jason William Harper (Blacksburg, Va.) and Jordan Grant Stone (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, including: collecting perception data representing a perceived environment of the vehicle using a perception system on board the autonomous vehicle; comparing the perception data collected with digital map data; and modifying operation of the...