ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,718, issued on July 15, was assigned to EMBARK TRUCKS INC. (San Francisco).
"Emergency vehicle interaction" was invented by Sarah Houts (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Gilbran James Alvarez (Santa Maria, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods for detecting an emergency services vehicle and controlling an autonomous vehicle to interact with the emergency services vehicle and emergency services personnel. In one example, a method may include storing sensor data captured of an environment surrounding the vehicle while the vehicle is on a road, determining whether an emergency services vehicle is present in the su...