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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventor:
John Hutchinson, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
TORC Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60R 1/076 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); G01P 5/165 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 1/076 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01P 5/165 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1223 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 2555/00 (2020.02);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein include an automated vehicle having a pitot tube mounted to a side-view mirror of the automated vehicle. The pitot gathers samples of wind speed information for calculating three-dimensional wind measurements using the information gathered by the pitot tube. The pitot tube is installed at an area that offers the pitot tube access to outside 'clean air,' undisturbed by the vehicle's movement. A controller and/or driving software ingest the three-dimensional wind measurements and generate driving tasks of the automated vehicle based upon the three-dimensional wind measurements.