ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,476, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CARNEGIE ROBOTICS LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Method and a system for generating 3D information relating to a scene or area comprising an object" was invented by Daniel David Williams (Pittsburgh), Stephen Paul Elizondo Landers (Pittsburgh) and John Paul Thomas Atkinson (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three-dimensional (3D) information is generated from two or more two-dimensional (2D) images. In the 2D images, one or more objects are identified, and either a corresponding portion of the 3D information representing the same object is identified and/or where the 3D information is corrected cor...