ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,122, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TORC Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"Systems and methods of detecting trailer anomalies using a thermal sensor" was invented by Nicholas Elder (Blacksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle can include a tractor; a trailer coupled with the tractor; a thermal sensor coupled with the trailer, the thermal sensor configured to measure a temperature of the trailer; and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to receive a plurality of temperature measurements of the trailer from the thermal sensor while the autonomous vehicle is driving; compare the plurality...