ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,749, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Behavior of simulated objects in driving simulations" was invented by David Michael Pendergrast (Irvine, Calif.), Maxwell Chandler Robinson (San Mateo, Calif.), Tod Cameron Semple (Woodside, Calif.) and Kenneth Michael Siebert (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a system comprising: a processor; and non-transitory memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform actions including: receiving a driving log comprising data rel...