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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2024
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Reginaldo Alves De Almeida, Foster City, CA (US);
Pratik Bansal, Redwood City, CA (US);
Roberto Dlacic, Foster City, CA (US);
Anthony Earl, Witney, GB;
Christopher Lawrence Jackson, Wakefield, MA (US);
Da Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Carter William McEathron, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ryan William McGaughey, San Mateo, CA (US);
Fabricio Cesar Oda, Dublin, CA (US);
Amanda Brown Prescott, Oviedo, FL (US);
Jesse Ian Walker, San Carlos, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle may comprise an actuator system. The actuator system may comprise an indicia portion (e.g., a retroreflector, etc.), a masking element that exposes the indicia portion in a first state and covers the indicia portion in a second state, and a linkage coupling the masking element to an actuator. In the case of a bidirectional vehicle, operation of the actuator may be based at least in part on a determination of the vehicle changing a direction of travel. The actuator system may cause a first set of one or more actuator systems disposed on a first end of the vehicle to transition from a first state to a second state and/or cause a second set of one or more actuator systems disposed on a second end opposite the first end of the vehicle to transition from the second state to the first state.