ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,634, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY(HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Dimension measurement apparatus" was invented by Qizhi Chen (Ningde, China), Zerong Cao (Ningde, China), Lin Ma (Ningde, China) and Pengfei Meng (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dimension measurement apparatus is disclosed, including a carrier plate and a line scan camera. The carrier plate is configured to carry a to-be-measured item. The line scan camera is disposed opposite to the carrier plate along a first direction and configured to photograph the to-be-measured item. The line scan camera is configured to be mo...