ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,061, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to EYELATION INC. (Tinley Park, Ill.).

"Dual-camera apparatus for deriving dimensional measurements and method of personalizing lens selection" was invented by Bradley Kirschner (Tinley Park, Ill.), Brandon Hass (Chicago) and Kiet Pham (Bolingbrook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual-camera apparatus derives dimensional measurements of an object. The apparatus comprises a pair of digital cameras each comprising a lens and capable of producing an image of the object. A ratio of known distance units to pixels is established for the apparatus and applied to images generated by each of the dig...