ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,066, issued on March 31, was assigned to HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Obstacle identification method, vehicle-mounted device and storage medium" was invented by Yu-Hsuan Chien (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chin-Pin Kuo (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obstacle identification method applied to a vehicle-mounted device is provided. The method includes collecting radar information and original image information. Fused image information is obtained by fusing the radar information with the original image information. Obstacle point cloud and non-obstacle point cloud are obtained from the fuse...