ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,221, issued on March 3, was assigned to TUSIMPLE INC. (San Diego).
"Digital inspection of health of autonomous vehicles" was invented by Robert Patrick Brown (San Diego) and Jason Robert Lau (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for an autonomous vehicle to provide the autonomous vehicle's health-related information, identification information, and/or inspection information to a device that may be used by law enforcement or a government agency or a third-party so that the autonomous vehicle can comply with government regulations and can continue to operate on the road."
The patent was filed on Feb. 17, 2...