ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,916, issued on June 3, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Static dome assembly for LiDAR systems" was invented by Justin Andrade (San Jose, Calif.), Hui Son (Hayward, Calif.), Blaise Gassend (East Palo Alto, Calif.) and Jason Watson (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments described herein involve a static dome assembly for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems. The system may include a base. At least one LiDAR system may be coupled to the base. The at least one LiDAR system may be configured to transmit and receive light having one or more wavelengths. The assembly may further includ...