US Patent Issued to Zoox on Sept. 9 for "Fault detection and monitor for issuing vehicle constraints" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,842, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Fault detection and monitor for issuing vehicle constraints" was invented by Matthew Daniel Lopez (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Collin MacGregor (Foster City, Calif.), Michael Isaac Mizrahi (San Mateo, Calif.) and Aravind Sarma Vadali (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for controlling a vehicle to safely perform a maneuver are discussed herein. For example, techniques can include determining, based on diagnostic data associated with the vehicle, a first constraint to be applied by a vehicle system of the vehicle. At a first instance, the fir...