US Patent Issued to Carl Zeiss Meditec on Feb. 10 for "Photogrammetric camera and method for the two-dimensional measurement of objects" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,583, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Jena, Germany).

"Photogrammetric camera and method for the two-dimensional measurement of objects" was invented by Aksel Gohnermeier (Essingen-Lauterburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photogrammetric camera for the two-dimensional measurement of objects has a lens, an image sensor and a pupil filter configured as a micromirror, each of which is transferable into a first and second tilted position. An illumination system produces light. A micromirror in the first tilt position reflects light produced by the illumination system such that the light cannot reach t...