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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:
Jun. 10, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2023
Applicant:

Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Inventors:

Akshay Pai Raikar, Blacksburg, VA (US);

Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); H05B 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/14 (2013.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); H05B 3/22 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02);
Abstract

Aspects of this technical solution can include determining, by one or more processors of a liquid collection system and based on respective amounts of liquid detected by a plurality of sensors and a velocity of a vehicle, a direction of movement of the liquid. The plurality of sensors can each be associated with respective ones of a plurality of receptacles. The plurality of sensors can be configured to detect respective amounts of liquid collected by respective openings of each of the plurality of receptacles associated with corresponding directions of movement of a liquid. The plurality of receptacles can be configured to collect at least a portion of the liquid via the respective openings.


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