ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,871, issued on Feb. 3.

"Systems and method for remote object measurement" was invented by Bryan Fitzpatrick (Royse City, Texas), Matt Thomas (Austin, Texas), Nathan Xiques (Monroe, N.C.), Johnny Flores (Royse City, Texas), Adam Long (Dripping Springs, Texas), Yvonne Harding (Concord, N.C.) and Luiz Cortes (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and processes may be used to achieve measurement of remote objects. In particular implementations, systems and processes for remote object measurement may include the ability to capture a digital image of an object to be measured and electronically sense the distance to ...