ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,206, issued on June 3, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Interior camera system for a self driving car" was invented by Kimberly Toth (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Giulia Guidi (Mountain View, Calif.) and Choon Ping Chng (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology provides an interior camera sensing system for self-driving vehicles. The sensor system includes image sensors and infrared illuminators to see the vehicle's cabin and storage areas in all ambient lighting conditions. The system can monitor the vehicle for safety purposes, to detect the cleanliness of the cabin and storage areas, as well as to d...