Zoox was granted a patent for filtering relevant objects around autonomous vehicles.

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  "company": {
    "name": "Zoox",
    "domain": "zoox.com"
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        "label": "Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units; road-vehicle drive control systems"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Zoox patented perception software for autonomous vehicles that prioritizes nearby traffic and lanes the vehicle can realistically reach.",
    "summary": "Zoox was granted a patent for filtering relevant objects around autonomous vehicles.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
    "inventors": [
      {
        "name": "Marin Kobilarov",
        "status": "resolved",
        "is_primary": true,
        "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marin-kobilarov-885ba91"
      },
      {
        "name": "Linjun Zhang",
        "status": "resolved",
        "is_primary": false,
        "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/linjun-zhang-05136766"
      }
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    "tech_area": "autonomous driving / ADAS",
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    "grant_date": "2026-09-29",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12746946",
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      "code": "B60W 60/0011",
      "label": "Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units; road-vehicle drive control systems"
    },
    "patent_title": "Determining relevant objects and relevant object trajectories",
    "patent_number": "US12746946",
    "uspto_assignee": "Zoox, Inc.",
    "patent_abstract": "Techniques for identifying relevant objects and/or trajectories are described herein. A vehicle may identify laterally adjacent lane reference(s) and determine whether it is kinematically feasible for the vehicle to navigate to the lane reference(s). If the vehicle is unable to navigate to the lane reference, the vehicle may exclude the objects located in the associated driving lane from being included in further relevancy filtering operations. In contrast, if the vehicle can navigate to the lane reference, the vehicle may identify an object located in the driving lane of the lane reference and determine whether the object and the vehicle are predicted to overlap spatially and/or temporally. Based on identifying an overlap, the vehicle can determine a relevance score for the object trajectory and use the relevance score to determine whether the object is a relevant object and/or to determine whether the object trajectory is a relevant trajectory.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A method that checks whether the vehicle can move into neighboring lanes, then focuses trajectory analysis on objects that could actually affect its path.",
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "autonomous driving",
      "object detection",
      "trajectory planning",
      "ADAS"
    ]
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"zoox.com","limit":20}'