ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,133, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Dassault Systemes (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Method for selecting surface points from a CAD model for locating industrial 3D objects, application of this method to the location of industrial 3D objects, and augmented reality system using 3d objects thus located" was invented by Bassem Besbes (Palaiseau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for automatically selecting 3D points from a CAD model, for 3D locating of an industrial object, comprises the following steps: generating a geometric model from the CAD model; previously designating reference viewpoints from a priori knowledge o...