ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,643, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Edge 3 Technologies (Phoenix).
"Localization of lens focus parameter estimation and subsequent camera calibration" was invented by Tarek El Dokor (Phoenix) and Jordan Cluster (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for calibrating a lens. The method includes defining a plurality of omni-symmetrical regions within the lens, determining one or more localized lens parameters associated with each of the plurality of omni-symmetrical regions, and defining a localized set of calibration parameters for each of the plurality of omni-symmetrical region. The localized set of cali...