US Patent Issued to Bentley Systems on Aug. 19 for "Anomaly and change detection in 3D roadway models" (Connecticut, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,151, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Bentley Systems Inc. (Exton, Pa.).

"Anomaly and change detection in 3D roadway models" was invented by Scott Devoe (New London, N.H.) and Nicholas Woodfield (Sherman, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In example embodiments, anomaly and change detection software of a cloud-based design review service is provided for detecting anomalies and/or changes in 3D roadway models. The software analyzes the constituent meshes of the 3D roadway model that represent components and extracts template drops at locations along a horizontal alignment to produce an ordered list of template drops. The software...