ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,265, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Pose component" was invented by Derek Adams (Pasadena, Calif.), Gregory D. Kravit (San Diego), Chengzhi Winston Liu (Belmont, Calif.) and Brice Rebsamen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for a pose component that may determine a pose are described herein. A pose may refer to the inertial pose or position of a vehicle which may be updated in real-time or near real-time. For example, the techniques may include receiving a plurality of input signals at a pose component and monitoring the plurality of input signals. The pose component may ...