ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,477, issued on July 14, was assigned to ASICS Corp. (Kobe, Japan).
"Foot shape measurement apparatus and computer program" was invented by Masayuki Tsutsui (Hyogo, Japan) and Mai Nakaya (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foot shape measurement apparatus acquires a plurality of foot images captured by an imaging unit imaging a subject's foot from a plurality of angles, and generates a three-dimensional model of the foot. A display controller displays, a target mark indicating a viewpoint position where an imaging viewpoint by the imaging unit in the augmented reality space forms a predetermined angle to the subject's foot ...