ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,407, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CREAFORM INC. (Levis, Canada).
"Method for automatic exposure control of a 3D scanning system and 3D scanning system using same" was invented by Jean-Nicolas Ouellet (Saint-Augustin, Canada), Felix Rochette (Quebec, Canada) and Simon Frechette (Levis, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanning system for the 3D measurement of a surface of an object includes a 3D scanner and a computing system. The 3D scanner includes a scanner frame, a set of imaging modules and a communication module. The imaging modules include a light projector unit for projecting a structured light pattern onto the su...