ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,409, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Vehicle deceleration planning" was invented by Abishek Krishna Akella (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Seyed Mahdi Shamsi (Daly City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for vehicle deceleration planning are discussed. The techniques include determining a first location and a first velocity of a vehicle. The techniques further include determining a second location and a second velocity of an object. Based on the first location, the second location, the first velocity, and the second velocity, a relative stopping distance between the vehicle and the object ...