ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,399, issued on May 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Three-dimensional measurement apparatus, system, and production method" was invented by Akihiro Yamada (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional measurement apparatus includes an attachment portion for attaching the three-dimensional measurement apparatus to a robot, a flange for attaching an end effector, a sensor configured to receive light from an object, and a calculation unit configured to determine three-dimensional information about the object by performing a calculation using data obtained by the sensor. A shortest distance among distances fr...