ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,562, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Lidar system and motor vehicle" was invented by Annemarie Holleczek (Ludwigsburg, Germany) and Mustafa Kamil (Ludwigsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lidar system that is configured to scan an environment with a light beam in order to acquire information regarding the environment is described. The lidar system is furthermore configured to detect both highly reflective objects in a near field of the environment and low-reflectivity objects in a far field regarding of the environment. The lidar system has several photodetectors that are con...