ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,569, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SiLC Technologies Inc. (Monrovia, Calif.).
"Identification of materials illuminated by LIDAR systems" was invented by Bradley Jonathan Luff (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.) and Mehdi Asghari (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The LIDAR system includes a first transform component configured to perform a complex mathematical transform on first signals. The LIDAR system also includes a second transform component configured to perform a real mathematical transform on second signals. Electronics are configured to use an output of the first transform component in combination...