ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,788, issued on March 4, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Techniques for identifying vehicle sensor degradation" was invented by Nehemia Girma Terefe (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for identifying when a sensor of a vehicle is obstructed. For instance, the sensor may include a light source (e.g., a light-emitting diode), a main sensor, a lens, a window, and/or a light sensor. The light source of the sensor may emit light, where the main sensor and/or the light sensor generate sensor data representing at least a portion of the light that is reflected. The vehicle may then determine a c...