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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2023
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Sergio Angel Aguirre Contreras, Fremont, CA (US);
Nahuel Elias Battaglia, Oakland, CA (US);
Herman Francisco Delos Santos, Duncanville, TX (US);
James Michael Eccleston, Foster City, CA (US);
Ian Kennedy, Witney, GB;
Andrew David Rudd, El Granada, CA (US);
Christopher John Stoffel, San Carlos, CA (US);
Lingxuan Zhu, Fremont, CA (US);
Alexander Kraus, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
A reflector unit may behave as a retroreflector to reflect light of a selected color. The reflector unit may comprise a plurality of reflector elements having a first side configured to reflect light of a first color and a second side configured to reflect light of a second color. In response to receiving a signal (e.g., indicating a bi-directional vehicle has changed a direction of travel), the reflector unit may cause the reflector elements to rotate and expose a different side of the reflector elements depending on the direction of travel.