ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,358, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Machine-learned classifier for lidar split returns" was invented by Samantha Marie Ting (Redwood City, Calif.), Venkata Subrahmanyam Chandra Sekhar Chebiyyam (San Francisco) and Shaminda Subasingha (San Ramon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine-learned (ML) model for detecting that depth data (e.g., lidar data, radar data) comprises a split beam as opposed to a dual return caused by particulate matter, such as dust, steam, smoke, rain, etc. may classify split beam returns as forming a hollow shape or as forming a solid shape. The ML model may class...