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

Claim 0:
1. A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle, comprising:
a sensor configured to:
transmit a transmit beam, the transmit beam having at least one of a frequency or a phase that is modulated over time;
receive a return beam from reflection or scattering of the transmit beam by an object; and
output a data signal comprising at least one point cloud data point representing the object; and

one or more processors configured to:
determine at least one feature variable based on the at least one point cloud data point;
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.