US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Feb. 10 for "Method and apparatus for tracking object using LiDAR sensor and recording medium storing program to execute the method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,893, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for tracking object using LiDAR sensor and recording medium storing program to execute the method" was invented by Yoon Ho Jang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Soo Kyung Ryu (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of tracking an object using a LiDAR sensor includes determining, by an information determiner, based on the spacing distance between a target point and a valid neighboring point disposed adjacent to the target point in the same layer as the target point, among first poin...