ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,425, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Method and apparatus for determining deformations on an object" was invented by Jens Orzol (Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany), Michael Lenhartz (Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany), Daniel Baumann (St. Augustin, Germany), Dirk Hecker (St. Augustin, Germany), Ronja Moller (St. Augustin, Germany), Wolfgang Vonolfen (St. Augustin, Germany) and Christian Bauckhage (St. Augustin, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for determining deformations on an object, wherein the object is illuminated and moved while b...