ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,392, issued on April 8, was assigned to Pony AI Inc. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).
"Audio control to mask vehicle component noise" was invented by Robert Dingli (Cupertino, Calif.) and Peter G. Diehl (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus on a vehicle comprises one or more sensors, one or more nozzles that output fluid to clean the respective one or more sensors, and a compressor that generates fluid such as compressed air. The compressor is in fluid communication with the one or more nozzles. The apparatus further comprises one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or m...