ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,251, issued on March 3, was assigned to YellowScan (Montferrier-sur-Lez, France).
"Integrated and compact LIDAR measurement system" was invented by Tristan Allouis (Montpellier, France), Nassim Doukkali (Montpeyroux, France) and Michel Assenbaum (Montpeyroux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LIDAR measurement system comprises: -a frame comprising a plurality of side members connected to each other in order to define an internal space; -a laser scanner attached to one end of the frame and having at least one projecting portion that is arranged outside the internal space; -a tracking device attached without any degree of freedom...