ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,700, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Stereo camera and design method thereof" was invented by Tsung-Wei Tu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Yi-Jung Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Wei-Kuo Shih (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stereo camera includes a first lens, a second lens, a first image sensor and a second image sensor. The first lens has a first nodal point and a first optical axis passing through the first nodal point. The second lens has a second nodal point and a second optical axis passing through the second nodal point. The first lens and the second lens are spaced apart along a le...