ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,282, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to JFE STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).
"Method for measuring three-dimensional absolute position of object to be measured and method for detecting position of molten material" was invented by Ryotaro Matsunaga (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes measuring three-dimensional coordinates of a point from a remote position even in a case where the point is in a dangerous zone where a person cannot enter and directly measure coordinates. The method is for measuring, from an image, a three-dimensional absolute position of a measurement point present on a plane including any three points on an ob...