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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Connor Joseph Kafka, San Francisco, CA (US);
Da Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle comprises an object detection system, comprising: (A) a transmitter, (B) a receiver affixed, and (C) at least one processor configured to: (i) based on a characteristic of the environment in which the vehicle is currently located, determine an operating parameter of at least one of the transmitter and the receiver, (ii) cause the transmitter to output electromagnetic radiation with an intensity associated with the operating parameter of the transmitter, (iii) receive, from the receiver, a signal indicative of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the receiver, wherein the signal is based on the operating parameter of the receiver, (iv) determine that the transmission of the electromagnetic radiation between the transmitter and receiver is at least partially obstructed by an object based at least in part on the signal, and (v) control movement of a first and second door based at least in part on the electromagnetic radiation being obstructed.