US Patent Issued to Torc Robotics on Nov. 11 for "Detection and mapping of generalized retroreflective surfaces" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,306, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Torc Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Detection and mapping of generalized retroreflective surfaces" was invented by Wade Foster (Blacksburg, Va.), Ryan Chilton (Blacksburg, Va.), Karan Vivek Bhargava (Blacksburg, Va.), Gowtham Raj Gunaseela Udayakumar (Blacksburg, Va.), Harish Pullagurla (Blacksburg, Va.), Jason Harper (Blacksburg, Va.) and Zachary Miller (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprises monitoring, by a processor, using a sensor of a first vehicle, data associated with a retroreflective feature near a road being driven by the first vehicle; vectorizing, by t...