US Patent Issued to 3SHAPE on Feb. 24 for "3D scanner using a structured beam of probe light" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,425, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to 3SHAPE A/S (Kobenhavn K, Denmark).

"3D scanner using a structured beam of probe light" was invented by Rasmus Kjaer (Copenhagen K, Denmark), Thomas Allin Hojgaard (Espergaerde, Denmark) and Herman Scherling (Kokkedal, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D scanner for recording the 3D topography of an object, the 3D scanner including: a projector unit configured for projecting a structured beam of probe light onto the object; an imaging unit arranged to acquire 2D images of the object when the object is illuminated by the structured probe light beam; and an actuator unit arranged to contro...