US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Sept. 1 for "Distance measuring device and robot" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,124, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Distance measuring device and robot" was invented by Kei Kamakura (Hara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distance measuring device includes a light output unit outputting a linear laser beam, a light scanning unit including a mirror that reflects the laser beam from the light output unit while swinging and generating a pattern light on an object, a light detection unit placed in a position equal to or less than 90% of maximum swing amplitude of the mirror, and receiving the light reflected by the mirror and outputting a light reception signal, an imaging unit ...