ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,229, issued on March 24, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH (Aalen, Germany).

"Computer implemented methods and devices for determining dimensions and distances of head features" was invented by Ben Hoyle (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer implemented methods and devices for determining dimensions or distances of head features are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of features in an image of a head of a person. A real dimension of at least one target feature of the plurality of features or a real distance between at least one target feature of the plurality features and a camera devi...