ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,433, issued on April 15, was assigned to TUSIMPLE INC. (San Diego).
"Landing pad for autonomous vehicles" was invented by Jason Robert Lau (Vail, Ariz.) and Leon Moore White III (Fernandina Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of a plurality of landing pads is sized and shaped to accommodate an AV. Landing pad sensor(s) are located in or around each landing pad. A control subsystem receives landing pad sensor data from the one or more landing pad sensors and receives, from a first AV traveling to a location of the plurality of landing pads, a request for an assigned landing pad in which the first AV should park. In response...