ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,210, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Motional AD LLC (Boston).
"Systems and methods for vehicle sensor management" was invented by Timothy O'Donnell (Waltham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods for managing vehicle sensors, which can include: determining a stopping distance for a vehicle travelling on a route, identifying one or more sensors of the vehicle that have respective detection ranges less than the stopping distance, and upon identifying the one or more sensors, deactivating at least one operation of at least one sensor of the one or more sensors. Systems and computer program products are also provide...