ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,615, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Systems and methods for transferring data communication in a rotating platform of a LIDAR system" was invented by Mark D. Entwistle (New Egypt, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method provide a bi-directional data communication link within a LIDAR assembly that has a stationary portion attached to an autonomous vehicle and a second portion rotatably connected to the stationary portion. The second portion may include one or more emitting/receiving devices (e.g., lasers) for detecting objects surrounding the autonomous vehicle. A first prin...