ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,030, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TUSIMPLE INC. (San Diego).
"Autonomous vehicle telescopic sensor system" was invented by Charles Seunghwan Han (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic sensor system for an autonomous vehicle enables sensors located on movable telescopic apparatuses to obtain sensor data when an object obstructs an area scanned by fixed sensors. An example method of controlling a movable telescopic apparatus on an autonomous vehicle includes obtaining, from a first sensor located on the autonomous vehicle, a first sensor data of a first area relative to a location of the autonomous vehicle, performi...