US Patent Issued to Zoox on July 14 for "Visualization of external audio commands" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,206, issued on July 14, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Visualization of external audio commands" was invented by Joseph Whinnery (Soquel, Calif.) and Venkata Subrahmanyam Chandra Sekhar Chebiyyam (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and techniques for visualizing external audio captured by a microphone of the vehicle. Using the techniques described herein, external audio signals may be interpreted and converted into clear visual indicium that can be understood by individuals associated with the vehicle, such as passengers inside the vehicle or individual...