US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 3 for "Logic to effectively operate cleaning system for Lidar sensor of an autonomous vehicle" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,150, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Logic to effectively operate cleaning system for Lidar sensor of an autonomous vehicle" was invented by Kothamasi Sumithra Raju (Bangalore, India), Julien P. Mourou (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Sudipto Ray (Bangalore, India) and Yuchuan Liu (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Lidar system, a cleaning apparatus for the Lidar system and a method of operation. The cleaning apparatus cleans a surface of the Lidar system. The cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle and a processor. The nozzle discharges a gas at a surface of the Lidar system. The pr...