ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,945, issued on May 27, was assigned to Carvana LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Vehicle photographic chamber" was invented by Davo Scheich (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circular dome for photographing vehicles includes curved frames that support a skin. Contoured walls offset from the curved frames to define a recess adapted to receive cameras and lights for photographing vehicles around a perimeter of the dome. A door matching the contour of the curved frames completes the dome and is size to receive a vehicle, to collectively implement subtractive lighting along the perimeter of the dome. A system and method are provided for au...