ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,228, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Detecting and resolving disparities between map data and environments perceived by sensor systems" was invented by Christopher James Gibson (Belmont, Calif.) and Chelsea Lauran Williams (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are discussed herein for detecting and resolving disparities between sensor data perceived by sensor-based systems operating in an environment and corresponding map data of the environment. Sensor data may be captured by a vehicle or other sensor system operating in an environment, including representations of objects a...