ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,347, issued on April 15, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Symmetrical autonomous vehicle direction indication" was invented by Andrew Mark Stieber (Foster City, Calif.), Nahuel Elias Battaglia (Stanford, Calif.), Kevin Mark Karol (San Francisco) and Steven Matthew Schleibaum (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for uniquely identifying a quadrant of a symmetrical vehicle, such as a symmetrical autonomous vehicle. The techniques include using service indicator lights to convey information regarding the status and operational mode of the vehicle to an observer and/or service technician....