ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,864, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Laser scanner" was invented by Olaf Henkel (Waldkirch, Germany), Hans-Jurgen Kammer (Waldkirch, Germany) and Carsten Natzkowski (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser scanner having a plurality of light transmitters, a plurality of light receivers and a control and evaluation unit, wherein a plurality of light transmitters and a plurality of light receivers are respectively arranged in the form of a segment of a circle, in arcuate form, or along a curved line in a common housing, wherein the light beams are transmitted and received in the manne...