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Christian Lauterbach
Also filed as: LAUTERBACH CHRISTIAN
21 granted patents·8 pending applications·139 citations·filing 2007–2025
94Inventor score
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29 records- 0194US8284188B1Ray tracing system, method, and computer program product for simultaneously traversing a hierarchy of rays and a hierarchy of objectsLAUTERBACH CHRISTIAN·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 9, 2012·50 cites·26 claims
- 0293US11912292B2Redundant hardware system for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 27, 2024·2 cites·27 claims
- 0393US11125881B2Lidar-based trailer trackingWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 21, 2021·14 cites·16 claims
- 0491US8264484B1System, method, and computer program product for organizing a plurality of rays utilizing a bounding volumeLAUTERBACH CHRISTIAN·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 11, 2012·31 cites·20 claims
- 0590US12066578B2Calibration and localization of a light detection and ranging (lidar) device using a previously calibrated and localized lidar deviceWAYMO LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 20, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 0690US2025389830A1Methods and systems for detecting obstructions on a sensor housingWAYMO LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 0788US11208111B2Redundant hardware system for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 28, 2021·7 cites·20 claims
- 0887US11126197B2Verification of iterative closest point alignments for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 21, 2021·6 cites·16 claims
- 0985US11221399B2Detecting spurious objects for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 11, 2022·6 cites·22 claims
- 1083US12422534B2Methods and systems for detecting obstructions on a sensor housingWAYMO LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Sep 23, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1183US2025355438A1Onboard cluster tracking systemWAYMO LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1282US11734880B2Sensor calibration with environment mapWAYMO LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 22, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 1382US8072460B2System, method, and computer program product for generating a ray tracing data structure utilizing a parallel processor architectureLAUTERBACH CHRISTIAN·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 6, 2011·13 cites·22 claims
- 1480US2024385302A1Calibration and Localization of a Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Device Using a Previously Calibrated and Localized Lidar DeviceWAYMO LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1579US11933920B2Methods and systems for detecting obstructions on a sensor housingWAYMO LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 19, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 1678US2025028322A1Model for Excluding Vehicle from Sensor Field Of ViewWAYMO LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1777US12140962B2Model for excluding vehicle from sensor field of viewWAYMO LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 12, 2024·0 cites·21 claims
- 1876US11592524B2Computation of the angle of incidence of laser beam and its application on reflectivity estimationWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 28, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 1973US11630209B2Laser waveform embeddingWAYMO LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 18, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 2073US2023334776A1Sensor calibration with environment mapWAYMO LLC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2170US12352862B2Lidar-based trailer trackingWAYMO LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 8, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 2270US11965965B2Localization initialization for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 23, 2024·0 cites·18 claims
- 2370US11693423B2Model for excluding vehicle from sensor field of viewWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 4, 2023·1 cites·23 claims
- 2468US12079004B2Verification of iterative closest point alignments for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 3, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2567US2022155415A1Detecting Spurious Objects For Autonomous VehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2656US12399494B2Onboard cluster tracking systemWAYMO LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 26, 2025·0 cites·17 claims
- 2756US11105927B2Localization initialization for autonomous vehiclesWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 31, 2021·0 cites·24 claims
- 2844US2021109523A1Sensor field of view in a self-driving vehicleWAYMO LLC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 2940US2020189463A1Detecting puddles and standing waterWAYMO LLC·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
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