ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,281, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to VANTOR SWEDEN AB (Linkoping, Sweden).
"Methods and systems for determining 3D coordinates describing a scene" was invented by Ola Nygren (Linghem, Sweden) and Folke Isaksson (Linkoping, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for determining 3D coordinates describing a scene, obtaining first, second and third images covering the scene captured from different viewpoints, said images being associated to a timing of capture, wherein the scene is formed in an overlapping geographical area of the first, second and third images. The method further...