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Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America
Patents indexed
2
Year range
2021 – 2025
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20211
20251
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2 patents, 2021–2025
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US 11041957·2021
LiDAR System for Seeing Through Shiny Objects
Toyota's patent on a LiDAR system that can ignore blinding reflections from shiny surfaces to better see what's around a vehicle.
US 12292511·2025
Toyota's Patent on Detecting Road Hazards with LIDAR
Toyota's 2025 patent describes a car system using LIDAR to spot road problems by comparing how light bounces off the road to a known 'good' road signal.
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