ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,499, issued on May 6, was assigned to DEGOULD Ltd. (Exeter, Great Britain).
"Vehicle imaging station" was invented by Daniel Gould (Exeter, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle imaging station for capturing images of scratches on a vehicle, the vehicle imaging station including a tunnel having an entrance and an exit with one or more walls defining an enclosure between the entrance and exit to define a tunnel volume containing a vehicle pathway having a central axis. The station further includes a relatively bright reflection surface; a relatively dark reflection surface; and a camera array including one or more cam...