ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,714, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Garmin Switzerland GmbH (Switzerland).
"Position-based laser range finder" was invented by Robert A. Lewis (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Dennis O. Corey (Bend, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for implementing a system for determining the range to a target object. In implementations, a system for determining a range estimate to a target includes a rangefinder, a camera, a display and at least one processor. A processor may acquire an image from the camera, identify a target flagstick within the image acquired from the camera and modify pixels proximate to the identified targ...