ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,498, issued on July 15, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Rear end collision probability calculation" was invented by Thomas Bernard Gacka (Redwood City, Calif.), Nicolas Roman Hammer (Saratoga, Calif.) and Leonardo Poubel Orenstein (Foster City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for determining a rear end collision probability for a vehicle are discussed herein. The rear end collision probability can be determined based on data associated with the vehicle and an object proximate the vehicle, probability distribution data, and a vehicle maneuver value. The probability distribution data, which can be rec...