US Patent Issued to Waymo on June 3 for "Sensor adjustment based on vehicle motion" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,175, issued on June 3, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Sensor adjustment based on vehicle motion" was invented by Blaise Gassend (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device that scans a field-of-view defined by a pointing direction of the LIDAR device. The system also includes an actuator that adjusts the pointing direction of the LIDAR device. The system also includes one or more sensors that indicate measurements related to motion of a vehicle associated with the LIDAR device. The system also includes a controller that causes the a...