ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,329, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAM-DIMENSION GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for area mapping" was invented by Konrad Wenzel (Stuttgart, Germany), Alexander Linn (Ostfildern, Germany) and Robin Mink (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus (1) and a method for area mapping, wherein the apparatus (1) for area mapping includes a framework having a main camera (2) and/or a main sensor attached to the framework, and at least two auxiliary cameras (3) and/or auxiliary sensors attached to the framework, wherein the main camera (2) and/or the main sensor as well as th...