ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,307, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for traffic light detection" was invented by Subhasis Das (Menlo Park, Calif.), Amir Ghaderi (San Jose, Calif.) and Derek Xiang Ma (San Carlos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for detecting and labeling traffic lights and/or traffic signs and the traffic lanes with which such lights and signs are associated in an environment are disclosed. Images may be evaluated to identify pixels that may be associated with a light, sign, or lane. Associations between lights and/or signs and lanes in the environment may be determined along...