Patent ID: 11858529
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving sensor data from a sensor associated with a vehicle in an environment;
determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, presence of an articulated object in the environment, the articulated object including a first portion and a second portion;
inputting, into a model, state data associated with the first portion of the articulated object at a first time;
determining, by the model and based at least in part on the state data, a covariant relationship between the first portion and the second portion of the articulated object, the covariant relationship identifying a covariance of the state data for determining a predicted state of the second portion;
determining, by the model and based at least in part on the covariance identified in the covariant relationship, a predicted state of the second portion of the articulated object at a second time after the first time; and
controlling the vehicle in the environment based at least in part on the predicted state of the articulated object.