ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,437, issued on May 13, was assigned to SOS LAB Co. Ltd. (Gwangju, South Korea).

"LiDAR device" was invented by Dong Kyu Kim (Gwangju, South Korea), Chan M Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hoon Il Jeong (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LiDAR device comprising: a transmission module including a laser emitting array and a first lens assembly, wherein the laser emitting array is configured to emit a plurality of lasers at a first wavelength and wherein the first lens assembly is configured to steer the plurality of lasers at different angles within a first angle range; a reception module including a laser ...