US Patent Issued to Alcon on May 20 for "Stereoscopic imaging platform with disparity and sharpness control automatic focusing mode" (New Zealander, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,349, issued on May 20, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Stereoscopic imaging platform with disparity and sharpness control automatic focusing mode" was invented by Patrick Terry (Goleta, Calif.) and Devin Reed (Wellington, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stereoscopic imaging platform includes a stereoscopic camera configured to record left and right images of a target site. A robotic arm is operatively connected to the stereoscopic camera, the robotic arm being adapted to selectively move the stereoscopic camera relative to the target. The stereoscopic camera includes a lens assembly having at least o...