https://patentbrief.org/company/toyota-motor-engineering-and-manufacturing-north-america Plain-English explanations of patents assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, newest first. en-us Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:12:48 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12292511/method-for-road-debris-detection-using-low-cost-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. Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12292511/method-for-road-debris-detection-using-low-cost-lidar https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11041957/systems-and-methods-for-mitigating-effects-of-high-reflectivity-objects-in-lidar Toyota's patent on a LiDAR system that can ignore blinding reflections from shiny surfaces to better see what's around a vehicle. Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11041957/systems-and-methods-for-mitigating-effects-of-high-reflectivity-objects-in-lidar