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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Austin In-Jei Yi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Alan Bates, Kenilworth, GB;
Daniel Glenn Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0049 (2013.01); B60R 2011/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor pod system includes one or more sensor pods with a plurality of sensors configured to collect data from an environment. A sensor pod may include a housing and extend from a portion of a body of a vehicle. The sensor pod housing may have energy absorbing structures configured to absorb and dissipate energy during an impact in order to protect a pedestrian.