ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,116, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Torc Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"System and method for decoding information" was invented by Akshay Pai Raikar (Austin, Texas), William Gray Davis (Austin, Texas), Garrett Madsen (Austin, Texas) and Joseph R. Fox-Rabinovitz (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for decoding information is provided. The system includes a road defining a surface, and an encoded strip formed in the surface of the road or attached to the surface of the road. The encoded strip includes a set of peaks and/or valleys having at least one of an amplitude or a frequency selected to encode information...