ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,675, issued on Feb. 17.
"Modular portable spherical scanning system" was invented by Antonio Stranges (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spherical scanning system includes a plurality of rig segments configured to be arranged circumferentially about a central axis and to define an imaging space having a spherical shape, where the rig segments are configured to define at least one entrance to provide access to the imaging space. Each rig segment includes a base platform, a plurality of mounting tracks that extend upward from the base platform and are connected to one another, each mounting track being curved to define ...