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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2023
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Joseph R. Fox-Rabinovitz, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Akshay Pai Raikar, Blacksburg, VA (US);
William Davis, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Justin Yurkanin, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Jenifer Flores, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
An interference deterrent system for an autonomous vehicle is provided. The interference deterrent system includes a directional speaker system and a processor configured to receive, from at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle, sensor data, identify, from the sensor data, a potentially interfering actor, determine a location of the potentially interfering actor with respect to the autonomous vehicle, and control the directional speaker system to emit a sound targeted at the location of the potentially interfering actor.