US Patent Issued on Oct. 6 for "Method to automatically calibrate cameras and generate maps" (Canadian, British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,428, issued on Oct. 6.

"Method to automatically calibrate cameras and generate maps" was invented by Oliver Peter King Smith (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Thomas Zoehrer (Dillon, Colo.), Lars Tinnefeld (Richmond Hill, Canada) and Daniel Rathmaier (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method and system for calibrating a camera to correct for perspective and lens distortion. The video camera provides images to a computer, which identifies objects and tracks their movement during a calibration period. Changes in size of the tracked objects are used to infer perspective and distortion in the video camera. A map of the...