ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,029, issued on May 19, was assigned to ams-OSRAM Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Method of forming a three-dimensional image" was invented by Ho Hoai Duc Nguyen (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a three-dimensional image includes, first, capturing a first image of a field of view and then, subsequently, capturing range information. The method further includes forming the three-dimensional image, wherein the three-dimensional image is dependent on the first image. Capturing the first image of a field of view includes: illuminating the field of view with radiation; and determining an intensity of each of a ...