ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,473, issued on July 8, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Planning accommodations for reversing vehicles" was invented by Abishek Krishna Akella (Pleasanton, Calif.), Mahsa Ghafarianzadeh (San Francisco) and Kenneth Michael Siebert (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for determining that a first vehicle is associated with a reverse state, and controlling a second vehicle based on the reverse state, are described herein. In some examples, the first vehicle may provide an indication that the first vehicle will be executing a reverse maneuver, such as with reverse lights on the vehicle or by pos...