ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,631, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle LiDAR system and object detection method thereof" was invented by Mi Rim Noh (Jeonju, South Korea) and Yo Han Sung (Goyang, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object detection method of a vehicle lidar system according to an embodiment includes, in a contour of an object to be separated formed by connecting peak points among point data of the object to be separated, determining a contour line in which a connecting section of a contour line connecting the peak points includes point data equal to or les...