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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Joseph R. Fox-Rabinovitz, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Armenio Rivero, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Akshay Pai Raikar, Blacksburg, VA (US);
William Davis, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Pablo Smith, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Walter Grigg, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for detecting and reporting cargo lost from an autonomous vehicle. The method includes receiving, from a plurality of sensors, at least one sensor signal representing one or more measurements of the vehicle, determining a mass of the vehicle based on the one or more measurements, estimating a center of mass along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle based on the one or more measurements and the mass, and receiving, from the plurality of sensors, at least one sensor signal representing one or more cargo loss-related conditions. The method also includes identifying one or more cargo loss-indicative conditions based on the center of mass estimation and the one or more cargo loss-related conditions, generating a lost cargo detection signal based on at least one of the one or more cargo loss-indicative conditions and a location of the vehicle, and transmitting the lost cargo detection signal to an external receiver.