ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,249, issued on March 18, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Modeling component latencies in data processing pipelines" was invented by Ryan Martin Cahoon (Mountain View, Calif.) and James Graham Dolan (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller may use a timing model to control and coordinate the execution of components within a data processing pipeline. The timing model may be generated based on log data collected during execution of the components, to model component latencies and pipeline behavior in a production environment. The controller may use the timing model to control the timing of the ...