ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,027, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Aurora Operations Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Lidar simulation system" was invented by Carl Jonas Magnus Unger (San Francisco) and Carl Magnus Wrenninge (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Simulating data received by a detection and ranging sensor including determining a first set of sample points on a surface of a simulated detector, the first set of sample points including a first sample point at a first location on the detector and a second sample point at a second location on the detector, generating a first ray associated with the first sample point, the first ray representing electromagne...