ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,174, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Configuration of a 3D sensor for safe object tracking" was invented by Markus Hammes (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the automatic configuration of a 3D sensor for safe object tracking in which at least one 3D image is recorded by the 3D sensor, a detection region in which safety related objects can move is fixed within a detection zone of the 3D sensor using the at least one 3D image, and the object tracking is restricted to the detection region. In this respect, picture elements corresponding to a reference area, in particular a f...