ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,279, issued on June 30, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Vehicle collaboration and sensor enhancement" was invented by Kevin Malta (San Francisco), Craig Lewin Robinson (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Julien Charles Mercay (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology provides enhanced localization approaches using vehicle-obtained information in place of or to enhance global positioning information to localize a user's position. Such information can be shared with the user's client device in real-time prior to pickup or meeting at a selected location. This can supplement or replace inaccurate local...