ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,793, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to AURORA OPERATIONS INC. (Pittsburgh).

"LIDAR system" was invented by Stephen C. Crouch (Palo Alto, Calif.), Edward Angus (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Michelle Milvich (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for optimizing a scan pattern of a LIDAR system including a bistatic transceiver include receiving first SNR values based on values of a range of the target, where the first SNR values are for a respective scan rate. Techniques further include receiving second SNR values based on values of the range of the target, where the second SNR values are for a respective integration ti...