Inventor

Paul D. Schmalenberg

Patents indexed

Year range

2025

Associated with

Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America

Years active

2025

Total patents

Most recent

2025

Domains

automotiveconsumer_electronicssemiconductorssoftwareai_ml

Activity by decade

2020s

Patents

Career timeline

1 patents, in 2025

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2025 — Toyota's Patent on Detecting Road Hazards with LIDAR

US 12292511·2025·Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America

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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