ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,168, issued on March 3, was assigned to TORC Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"Emergency marker deployment system" was invented by Joseph R. Fox-Rabinovitz (Blacksburg, Va.) and William Davis (Blacksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The autonomous vehicle comprises a frame including a support frame; at least one marker supported on the support frame; a marker deployment system including a placement device for locating each of the at least one markers from the support frame at a desired location relative to the vehicle; and an autonomy system that includes a controller, a processor, and a mem...