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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Michael Herman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Alexander George Shanku, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 7/4802 (2013.01); G06F 21/6254 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive lidar data from a lidar device, generate a point cloud from the lidar data, identify an object in the point cloud, and, upon identifying the object, delete a portion of the lidar data that is from a region encompassing the object. The object includes personally identifiable information.