ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,784, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Torc Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"Systems and methods of monitoring and control for trailer dynamics" was invented by Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz (Austin, Texas), Nicholas Atanasov (Blacksburg, Va.) and Rohit Salem (Blacksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Trailer detection is provided. An autonomous vehicle can cause a first transceiver thereof to convey a signal to energize a second transceiver coupled to a trailer. The autonomous vehicle can receive, from the second transceiver, first information associated with the trailer, the first information comprising an indication of a trailer wh...