ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,711, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Path Robotics Inc. (Columbus, Ohio).
"Reflection refuting laser scanner" was invented by Alexander James Lonsberry (Gahanna, Ohio) and Andrew Gordon Lonsberry (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments described herein relate to optical systems and methods for determining the shape and/or size of objects that include projecting a pattern of light onto the object. The pattern of light can be configured such that first-order reflections can be distinguished from second- and/or higher-order reflections, which can be rejected. Thus, even in instances in which the pattern of lig...