ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,443, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Evident Corp. (Nagano, Japan).

"Surface estimation method, surface estimation device, and recording medium" was invented by Naoki Yamamoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface estimation method includes a region-setting step and an estimation step. In the region-setting step, a reference region that is one of a three-dimensional region and a two-dimensional region is set. The three-dimensional region includes three or more points and is set in a three-dimensional space. The three-dimensional space includes three-dimensional coordinates of three or more points on a subject calculated on...