ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,041, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Aurora Operations Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Light detection and ranging (lidar) sensor system including transceiver device" was invented by Zeb William Barber (Bozeman, Mont.), Stefan Heineman (Bozeman, Mont.) and Randy Ray Reibel (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light detection and ranging (lidar) system may include a transceiver, a first device including a laser source configured to generate a beam, and one or more optical components, a second device including one or more analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and a processor configured to alternately turn on the first device and turn...