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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2024
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Akshay Pai Raikar, Austin, TX (US);
William Gray Davis, Austin, TX (US);
Garrett Madsen, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph R. Fox-Rabinovitz, Austin, TX (US);
Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A system for decoding information is provided. The system includes a road defining a surface, and an encoded strip formed in the surface of the road or attached to the surface of the road. The encoded strip includes a set of peaks and/or valleys having at least one of an amplitude or a frequency selected to encode information. The system includes one or more sensors associated with a vehicle. The system includes a processing device in communication with the one or more sensors. The processing device is configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to perform operations including, as a first tire of the vehicle passes over the encoded strip, detecting a characteristic of the encoded strip with the one or more sensors. The operations include decoding the information from the encoded strip based on the detected characteristic.