Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Method And Apparatus For Detecting Potholes On A Road Surface Using Lidar Technology' Filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag

MUMBAI, India, March 15 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202341061229 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Sept. 12, 2023, for 'method and apparatus for detecting potholes on a road surface using lidar technology.'

Inventor(s) include Patnaikuni Srikhar; and Shabir Kumar.

The application for the patent was published on March 14, under issue no. 11/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure describes a method (600) and an apparatus (502) for detecting potholes on a road surface using LiDAR technology. The method (600) comprises obtaining point cloud data (PCD) associated with surrounding of a vehicle (102, 500) and selecting a...