ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,002, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hesai Technology Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Laser radar" was invented by Feng Liang (Shanghai), Jie Chen (Shanghai) and Shaoqing Xiang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a LiDAR comprising a first transmitting unit and a second transmitting unit, which are configured to respectively emit first and second detection laser beams to detect a target object. The LiDAR comprises optical assemblies at both the transmitting end and the receiving end. The optical assemblies comprise transmitting and receiving lenses. The LiDAR comprises a first receiving unit and a second receiving unit conf...