For our July 2014 issue, we cover recent patents granted in the area of Lidar based environment perception and modeling. The section below covers patents granted recently for Lidar related signal processing methods focusing on road traffic safety, robotics, radio service availability assessment or image based positioning. Number: 8,755,998 Title: Method for reducing the risk of a collision between a vehicle and a first external object Inventors: M. Braennstroem, A. Backhouse, L. Hammarstrand and C. Applehult Issued: June 17, 2014 Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation (Gothenburg, SE) Number: 8,755,997 Title: Laser ranging process for road and obstacle detection in navigating an autonomous vehicle Inventors: K. W. Au and J. Schewe Issued: June 17, 2014 Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, NJ) Number: 8,755,982 Title: Distance controller with automatic stop function Inventors: J. Heckel, T. Leineweber and S. Knoll PCT Pub. Date: February 12, 2009 Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, DE) Number: 8,755,660 Title: Method and apparatus for compensating for and using mode-profile distortions caused by bending optical fibers Inventors: J.D. Minelly Issued: June 17, 2014 Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD) Number: 8,755,606 Title: Systems and methods for efficient feature extraction accuracy using imperfect extractors Inventors: J.H. Yates, M. Rahmes, M. McGonagle and T.B. Faulkner Issued: June 17, 2014 Assignee: Harris Corporation (Melbourne, FL) Number: 8,755,566 Title: Methods for assessing line of sight radio service availability and reception characteristics Inventors: E.J. McLaughlin, A. Pate, R.J. Spanbauer and M. Gaudino Issued: June 17, 2014 Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC (Bethpage, NY) Number: 8,754,805 Title: Method and apparatus for image-based positioning Inventors: S.B. Wang, H. Teng, O.P. Soubra, B.M. Scherzinger, P.G. France, J.M. Janky, G.C. Best Issued: June 17, 2014 Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited (Sunnyvale, CA) Number: 8,754,781 Title: Control method for a road toll system Inventors: A. Leopold and O. Nagy Issued: June 17, 2014 Assignee: Kapsch TrafficCom AG (AT) Number: 8,754,760 Title: Methods and apparatuses for informing an occupant of a vehicle of surroundings of the vehicle Inventors: T.H. Wallace Issued: June 17, 2014 Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, NH) Number:  8,751,156 Title:  Method of operating a navigation system using images Inventors:  A.M. Musabji, J. Borak, J.D. Lynch, N. Alwar and J.D. Shutter Issued: June 10, 2014 Assignee: HERE North America LLC (Chicago, IL) If you have an interesting patent to share when we next feature patents related to Lidar measurement processing, or if you are especially interested in a signal processing research field that you would want to be highlighted in this section, please send email to Csaba Benedek (benedek.csaba AT sztaki DOT mta DOT hu).