{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474255","patent":{"patent_number":"US-11474255","title":"System and method for determining optimal lidar placement on autonomous vehicles","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2022-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G01S","G01S","G01S","G01S","G01S","G01S","G01S","G01S"],"num_claims":20,"abstract":"In one embodiment, example systems and methods related to a manner of optimizing LiDAR sensor placement on autonomous vehicles are provided. A range-of-interest is defined for the autonomous vehicle that includes the distances from which the autonomous vehicle is interested in collecting sensor data. The range-of-interest is segmented into multiple cubes of the same size. For each LiDAR sensor, a shape is determined based on information such as the number of lasers in each LiDAR sensor and the angle associated with each laser. An optimization problem is solved using the determined shape for each LiDAR sensor and the cubes of the range-of-interest to determine the locations to place each LiDAR sensor to maximize the number of cubes that are captured. The optimization problem may further determine the optimal pitch angle and roll angle to use for each LiDAR sensor to maximize the number of cubes that are captured."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"System and method for determining optimal lidar placement on autonomous vehicles","description":"In one embodiment, example systems and methods related to a manner of optimizing LiDAR sensor placement on autonomous vehicles are provided. A range-of-interest is defined for the autonomous vehicle t","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474255","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474255","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"System and method for determining optimal lidar placement on autonomous vehicles\" (US-11474255). https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474255","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474255","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-11474255","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T21:12:56.159Z"}