ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,723, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Remote vehicle guidance" was invented by Timothy Caldwell (Boulder, Colo.), Ravi Gogna (San Jose, Calif.), Meredith James Goldman (Redwood City, Calif.), Frank Reinaldo Ramirez (San Francisco), Matthew Miller Young (San Francisco) and Rick Zhang (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle computing system may identify an obstruction along a route of travel and may connect to a service computing device for guidance. The service computing device may include a guidance system configured to receive waypoint and/or orientation input from an operator....