ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,783, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TUSIMPLE INC. (San Diego).
"Sensor layout for autonomous vehicles" was invented by Lei Nie (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices and systems for an optimized sensor layout for an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. In one aspect, the system includes a vehicle capable of semi-autonomous or autonomous operation. A plurality of forward-facing cameras is coupled to the vehicle and configured to have a field of view in front of the vehicle. At least three forward-facing cameras of the plurality of forward-facing cameras have different focal lengths. A right-side camera i...