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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ahditya Melkote, Foster City, CA (US);

Vishveshwar Ramanathan Subramanian, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/02 (2006.01); B60G 17/00 (2006.01); B60G 11/27 (2006.01); B60P 1/00 (2006.01); B60G 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2013.01); B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B60W 2510/20 (2013.01); B60W 2510/22 (2013.01); B60W 2520/16 (2013.01); B60W 2520/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for using ball joint sensor data to determine conditions relevant to a vehicle are described in this disclosure. For example, in one example, the ball joint sensor data may be used to determine a ride height at a portion of the vehicle, which may be used to determine roll data and/or pitch data. The ride height, roll data, and/or pitch data may be directly used to navigate through an environment, such as by the vehicle relying on the data when interpreting sensor data or planning driving operations. Also, the ride height, roll data, and/or pitch data may be used to verify the reliability of other sensor data used to navigate through the environment.


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