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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2024
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Siegwart Bogatscher, Leonberg, DE;
TORC Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A blind zone visualization system for an autonomous vehicle is described. The system includes at least one visual sensor mounted on a roof of the autonomous vehicle and at least one mirror mounted on a hood of the autonomous vehicle. The at least one mirror redirects a portion of a field of view (FOV) of the at least one sensor into a volume of space in front of the autonomous vehicle. The system also includes at least one processor programmed to execute computer-readable instructions that cause the at least one processor to receive sensor data output from the at least one visual sensor and representative of the volume of space, detect, from the sensor data, no obstacle is present in the volume of space, and transmit a first signal to a control system of the autonomous vehicle to control the autonomous vehicle to travel forward through the volume of space.