ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,907, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Time simulation management of real world sensor frame data" was invented by Stephen Lunt Allen (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Gaurav Kandpal (Nainital, India) and Nandkishor Jayaram Pore (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for utilizing adjusted timestamps and updated hardware internal timers to drive sensor data (e.g., camera and/or video frames) are discussed herein. Timestamps can be adjusted to be adjusted timestamps based on simulation times and adjustment times. The adjustment times can include delays associated with frames being driven out of buf...