ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,040, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to HEXAGON INNOVATION HUB GMBH (Heerbrugg, Switzerland).
"Measuring device with TOF sensor" was invented by Johan Stigwall (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Zheng Yang (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Thomas Jensen (Rorschach, Switzerland) and Martin Mayer (Frastanz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring device for acquiring a three-dimensional measuring point related to a target in a scene, the measuring device comprises a base unit, a support unit mounted on the base unit, a distance measuring unit comprising an emitting unit configured for emitting measuring radiation and a receiving unit conf...