ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,532, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Sunlight processing for autonomous vehicle control" was invented by Amy Rae Griffin (Boise, Idaho), Xiao Li (Boise, Idaho), Maria Pat F. Chavarria (Boise, Idaho) and Alpha Chavez Labiano (Meridian, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatus related to sensor data processing for a vehicle to improve operation when sunlight or other bright light enters a sensor of the vehicle. In one approach, adjustable filtering is configured for a sensor of a vehicle. In one example, an optical filter is positioned on the path of light that reache...