ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,817, issued on July 29, was assigned to Carvana LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Photographic stage" was invented by Davo Scheich (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photographic stage and photographic system is provided that produces consistent diffused lighting of an object or subject that is virtually shadow free for obtaining rotational views of the object in a time efficient manner. The photographic stage may be used with a camera array, or a single camera may be moved around the circumference of the photographic stage to obtain a series of images needed to form a rotational view of an object or subject. Alternatively, the photogr...