ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,378, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for tracking an object using a LiDAR sensor" was invented by Mu Gwan Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Nam Gyun Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object-tracking method using a LiDAR sensor according to an embodiment includes: generating a grid map based on a point cloud generated with respect to an object using a LiDAR sensor mounted to a vehicle traveling in an x-axis direction; performing static labeling when the absolute value of the y-coordinate of the center of e...