ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,079, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC (London).
"Image feature measurement" was invented by Robert Claxton (London) and Michael Free (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method for determining a physical size of a feature represented in an image is provided together with computer systems and programs for carrying out the method. The method receives initial data comprising an indication of a respective physical size of one or more known types of object. The method uses the initial data to generate reference data from a first reference image. The generated reference data compris...