ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,267, issued on June 30, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Split profile trajectories" was invented by Brian Michael Filarsky (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Trajectories, such as for autonomous vehicles, are provided. The trajectories may be defined by a geometric profile and a temporal profile. The geometric profile defines a path through an environment independent of time. The temporal profile defines desired states of the vehicle along the path at defined points in time. In some examples, one of the profiles is modified to provide a modified profile. The vehicle is controlled at least in part on the m...