ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,664, issued on July 7, was assigned to Carl Zeiss GOM Metrology GmbH (Braunschweig, Germany).

"Method and device for a photogrammetric measurement" was invented by Tim Winter (Braunschweig, Germany) and Eric Oertel (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for a photogrammetric measurement of measurement features are provided. The device has a multi-camera with at least two individual cameras. A field of vision of at least two of the individual cameras partly overlaps. The method includes capturing images of the measurement features with at least two individual cameras of the multi-camera at different...