ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,244, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Roofr Inc. (Sacramento, Calif.).

"Performing semantic segmentation of 3D data using deep learning" was invented by Ryan Knuffman (Danvers, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of training a deep artificial neural network includes receiving a three-dimensional point cloud and training the deep artificial neural network by subdividing the three-dimensional point cloud, and updating weights of the deep artificial neural network. A computing system includes a processor; and a memory having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the proces...