ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,216, issued on July 15, was assigned to SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Laser radar" was invented by Yangkui Ou (Wuhan, China), Li Zeng (Shenzhen, China), Guoqing Han (Shenzhen, China) and Chendi Jiang (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser radar includes a light source, a scanning mirror, a detector, and a reflector group. The scanning mirror includes an emitting reflective surface and a receiving reflective surface. The reflector group includes a first reflector and a second reflector. An included angle between the first reflector and the second reflector is a first included angl...