ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,896, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Wheel steering calibration" was invented by Derek Adams (Pasadena, Calif.), Guillermo Duenas Arana (San Francisco) and Michael Carsten Bosse (Templeton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described herein for determining correction coefficients for steering wheel angles according to a steering component of a vehicle. The techniques comprise redefining the problem of determining the correction into terms of turn angle and crab angle of the vehicle, which both directly depends on leading and trailing steering angles, taking advantage of techniques...