ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,077, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Self-driving vehicles and weigh station operation" was invented by Vijaysai Patnaik (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology involves operation of a self-driving truck or other cargo vehicle when it is being inspected at a weigh station. This may include determining whether a weigh station is open for inspection. Once at the weigh station, the vehicle may follow instructions of an inspection officer or autonomous inspection system. The vehicle may perform predefined actions or operations so that various vehicle systems and safety issues ca...