US Patent Issued to Faro Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Handheld scanner that transfers data and power over ethernet" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,625, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Faro Technologies Inc. (Lake Mary, Fla.).

"Handheld scanner that transfers data and power over ethernet" was invented by William E. Schoenfeldt (Oviedo, Fla.) and Fabiano Kovalski (Sanford, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a handheld unit having a light source, an image sensor, one or more first processors, an Ethernet cable, and a frame. The light source projects light onto an object, and the image sensor captures an image of light reflected from the object. One or more first processors are directly coupled to the frame. An accessory device has one or more second processor...