ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,650, issued on March 25, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Close-in sensing camera system" was invented by Kimberly Toth (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jeremy Dittmer (Mountain View, Calif.), Giulia Guidi (Mountain View, Calif.) and Peter Avram (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
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 ...