ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,639, issued on July 22, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Systems and methods for light detection in LIDAR systems" was invented by Michael V. Morelli (San Jose, Calif.) and Sheng Yang Tsui (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided herein for improved short range object detection in LIDAR systems. An example method may include providing, by a biasing voltage source, a first biasing voltage to a photodetector of a LIDAR system at a first time corresponding to a light emission from an emitter of the LIDAR system. The example method may also include providing, by the biasi...