Patent ID: 9360556
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B60W,G01S,G01W,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving laser data collected from scans of an environment of a vehicle, wherein the laser data includes a plurality of laser data points; determining, by a computing device, laser data points of the plurality of laser data points that are associated with one or more tracked objects in the environment; determining, by the computing device, laser data points of the plurality of laser data points that are unassociated with the one or more tracked objects in the environment; comparing the laser data points that are unassociated with the one or more tracked objects in the environment with stored laser data points representative of a pattern due to fog; and based on the comparison, identifying by the computing device an indication that a weather condition of the environment of the vehicle includes fog.