US Patent Issued to Kodiak Robotics on March 25 for "Systems and methods for detecting water along driving routes and adjusting vehicle speed" (California, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,476, issued on March 25, was assigned to Kodiak Robotics Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for detecting water along driving routes and adjusting vehicle speed" was invented by Suzanne L. Woll (Livermore, Calif.) and Laura W. Shane (Park City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting a presence of water along a surface and adjusting a speed of a vehicle are provided. The method comprises generating one or more data points from one or more sensors coupled to a vehicle, and, using a processor, determining, based on the one or more data points, whether water is present along a surface, when...