Patent ID: 11921210
Assignee: AURORA OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A LIDAR sensor system for a vehicle, comprising:
a laser source configured to generate a carrier wave having at least one of a frequency or a phase that is modulated over time;
an optic configured to output the carrier wave as a transmit signal;
one or more detectors configured to detect a return signal from reflection or scattering of the transmit signal by an object; and
one or more processors configured to:
determine a 3D point cloud representative of the object based on the return signal;
determine at least one feature variable based on the 3D point cloud;
determine a first classification statistic based on the at least one feature variable;
determine a second classification statistic based on the at least one feature variable; and
determine an object class corresponding to the object based on the first classification statistic and the second classification statistic.