US Patent Issued to Robotic Research OpCo on March 24 for "Systems and methods for a first autonomous vehicle to identify and utilize a unique LIDAR projected pattern of a second autonomous vehicle" (Maryland, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,023, issued on March 24, was assigned to Robotic Research OpCo LLC (Clarksburg, Md.).

"Systems and methods for a first autonomous vehicle to identify and utilize a unique LIDAR projected pattern of a second autonomous vehicle" was invented by Alberto Daniel Lacaze (Potomac, Md.) and Karl Nicholas Murphy (Cocoa Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for causing a first autonomous vehicle (e.g., a drone or other aerial vehicle) to utilize a LIDAR pattern being emitted by a LIDAR device of a second autonomous vehicle (e.g., a ground vehicle) to determine one or more characteristics of the second vehicle. The one...