ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,831, issued on April 14, was assigned to HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH (Heerbrugg, Switzerland).

"Method and system for enhancing images using machine learning" was invented by Bernhard Metzler (Dornbirn, Austria) and Harald Vennegeerts (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for enhancing images for metrological applications. A first set of first images is provided, wherein the first set comprises at least one first image, the first set representing a scene of interest, and a second set of second images is provided, wherein the second set comprises at least one second image, the second set representing at least a part of t...