ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,369, issued on April 7, was assigned to GelSight Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Surface topography measurement systems" was invented by Janos Rohaly (Concord, Mass.) and Edward H. Adelson (Winchester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A topographical measurement system uses an imaging cartridge formed of a rigid optical element and a clear, elastomeric sensing surface configured to capture high-resolution topographical data from a measurement surface. The imaging cartridge may be configured as a removable cartridge for the system so that the imaging cartridge, including the rigid optical element and elastomeric sensing surface can be rem...