ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,200, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Non-uniform light-emitting lidar apparatus and autonomous robot including the same" was invented by Jangwoo You (Seoul, South Korea), Namseop Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yonghwa Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jisan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Myungjae Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are non-uniform light-emitting lidar (light detection and ranging) apparatuses and autonomous robots including the same. A lidar apparatus may include a light source configured to emit light, an optical unit arranged on a...