ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,036, issued on June 3.

"Lidar data utilization for AI model training in filmmaking" was invented by Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt (West Hollywood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method enhances AI model training in filmmaking using Lidar data to correlate 2D video with 3D spatial data, process filmmaking metadata, and simulate professional techniques. A system includes processors and memory to correlate video data with Lidar data, process filmmaking metadata, and train AI models for realistic video content generation. A computer-readable medium contains instructions for using Lidar and metadata to train AI models in simulating ...