# research

Research

Working notes, technical write-ups, and patent disclosures from the VAOS™ team and community.

# patents-pending

Patent · 01

Sensor-aware perception

Continuous evaluation of sensor reliability — calibration drift, exposure, occlusion, thermal — fed directly into inference confidence and downstream validation.

Filed · 2025 · multiple jurisdictions

Patent · 02

Scene Contract validation envelope

Validation envelope around structured perception output. Open schema, defended boundary against malformed or untrusted scene data.

Filed · 2025 · multiple jurisdictions

Patent · 03

Validation-gated action runtime

Closed-loop runtime that gates every recommended action against current scene confidence and sensor reliability before execution.

Filed · 2025 · multiple jurisdictions

# technical-notes

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