ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,447, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"LiDAR apparatus" was invented by Masahiro Yamamoto (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LiDAR apparatus includes a light transmitter, an optical window, and a heating wire. The light transmitter emits and sweeps light in a predetermined scanning direction. The optical window is disposed in an opening of a housing in which the light transmitter is installed and permits light beams, as outputted from the light transmitter, to pass therethrough. The heating wire works to supply heat to the optical window. The heating wire has at least one section which is l...