US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 3 for "System and method for establishing the position of a tool relative to a structure" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,269, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for establishing the position of a tool relative to a structure" was invented by Veniamin Stryzheus (Kent, Wash.) and Shereef Shehab (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool positioning system comprises a processor and two or more cameras. The cameras are includable with a tool that is spaced apart from a structure. Each camera is configured to capture an image of a local region of the structure from a unique viewing perspective. The processor compares the images to an as-designed digital model of the structure and recognize one or more st...