ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,645, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to VISIE Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Generation of one or more edges of luminosity to form three-dimensional models of scenes" was invented by Aaron Charles Bernstein (Austin, Texas), Jeffrey A. Levine (Manor, Texas) and Patrick C. Edwards (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are various embodiments related generally to computer vision, graphics, image scanning, shadow casters, shadow caster scanners, and image processing as well as associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to form at...