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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2022
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Michael Carsten Bosse, Templeton, CA (US);
Jeffrey Eric Tolliver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Determining a first joint probability distribution over states of a sensor platform, the first joint probability distribution associated with a first sequence of time steps. Receiving sensor data indicating measurements at time steps of a second sequence of time steps. Integrating out variables from the first joint probability distribution to determine a second joint probability distribution over poses of the sensor platform, the second joint probability distribution associated with the second sequence of time steps. Determining, using the second joint probability distribution, parameters of a third joint probability distribution, the third joint probability distribution being characterized by unary factors for time steps of the second sequence of time steps and binary factors for pairs of neighboring time steps of the second sequence of time steps. Estimating, using the sensor data and the third joint probability distribution, poses of the sensor platform associated with the second sequence of time steps.