US Patent Issued to TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES on July 22 for "Fusion-based object tracker using LIDAR point cloud and surrounding cameras for autonomous vehicles" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,596, issued on July 22, was assigned to TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"Fusion-based object tracker using LIDAR point cloud and surrounding cameras for autonomous vehicles" was invented by Manoj Chathankulangara Rajan (Bangalore, India), Malneedi Vamsi (Bangalore, India), Edwin Kanjirathinal Jose (Bangalore, India), Arunkrishna Thayyilravi (Bangalore, India) and Aparna Mini Parameswaran (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Unlike existing methods, using LIDAR and 2D-cameras for detection and limit in providing robust tracking of objects, the method disclosed addresses the technical challenge by utilizing ...