US Patent Issued to Zoox on Sept. 1 for "Map quality evaluation framework" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,888, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Map quality evaluation framework" was invented by Arnau Franci Rodon (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for determining objective map quality and evaluating updated maps against existing maps to determine an operational map for use in controlling a vehicle in an environment are disclosed. A map and map data for an environment may be determined based on collected sensor data. A variety of map quality indicators may be determined based on such data and used to determine an overall quality of the map. The overall quantity for the map may be c...