ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,393, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LIBERTY ROBOTICS INC. (Dexter, Mich.).

"Method and system for creating a high-fidelity depiction of a scene containing an object" was invented by G. Neil Haven (Clearwater, Idaho) and Fansheng Meng (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for creating a high-fidelity depiction of a scene including an object within the scene are provided. The method includes uniformly illuminating a target surface of the object with light to obtain reflected, backscattered illumination. The method also includes sensing via a volumetric sensor, brightness of the surface due to a diffus...