ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,445, issued on March 4, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Object tracking based on temporal data attribute inferences" was invented by Scott M. Purdy (Lake Forest Park, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for determining attributes associated with objects represented in temporal sensor data. In some examples, the techniques may include receiving sensor data including a representation of an object in an environment. The sensor data may be generated by a temporal sensor of a vehicle and, in some instances, a trajectory of the object or the vehicle may contribute to a distortion in the representation of the o...