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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2022
Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Laura W. Shane, Park City, UT (US);
Suzanne L. Woll, Livermore, CA (US);
Kodiak Robotics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining a degree of wetness of a road surface from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) point clouds are provided. The method comprises generating, using a LiDAR system, at least one point cloud, wherein the LiDAR system comprises a processor, and, using the processor, identifying and isolating one or more road surface points within a point cloud of the at least one point cloud, wherein the one or more road surface points indicate a road surface portion within an environment of the point cloud, analyzing the one or more road surface points to determine a number of the one or more road surface points that are zero intensity returns, and, based on the number of zero intensity returns, determining a degree of wetness of the road surface.