ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,988, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Torc Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"Precision multi-point sensor position and attitude calibration brackets" was invented by Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz (Austin, Texas), Robert Holt (Blacksburg, Va.), Alexander Little (Blacksburg, Va.), Matthew Marti (Blacksburg, Va.) and Dietrich Linde (Blacksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for calibrating sensors of automated vehicles using calibration targets. A bracket holds the calibration targets and attaches to the automated vehicle proximate to a sensor being calibrated. For some sensors, such a...