ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,857, issued on July 22, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Perimeter sensor housings" was invented by Peter Avram (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kimberly Toth (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jeremy Dittmer (Mountain View, Calif.) and Giulia Guidi (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology relates to an exterior sensor system for a vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous driving mode. The technology includes a close-in sensing (CIS) camera system to address blind spots around the vehicle. The CIS system is used to detect objects within a few meters of the vehicle. Based on object classification, the system ...