ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,709, issued on June 16, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Ground profile estimation for sensor data" was invented by Jacob Daniel Boydston (Foster City, Calif.) and Kenneth Nathan Brown (San Carlos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for estimating a ground profile for an environment associated with a vehicle are described herein. Sensor data associated with a vehicle may be used to determine sensor data points associated with a path of the vehicle. Using a first metric and a second metric, such as a maximum slope and minimum slope based on the position of the vehicle and/or a previously-determined groun...