US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Enhanced static object classification using LiDAR" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,428, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Enhanced static object classification using LiDAR" was invented by Kevin L. Wyffels (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods are provided for classifying detected objects as static or dynamic. A device may determine first light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data associated with a convex hull of an object at a first time, and determine second LIDAR data associated with the convex hull at a second time after the first time. The device may generate, based on the first LIDAR data and the second LIDAR data, a vector...