ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,254, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Three-dimensional imaging system and three-dimensional imaging method" was invented by Wei-Shiang Huang (Tainan, Taiwan), Chih-Kai Chiu (Tainan, Taiwan), Yong-Sin Syu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Jhe-Ruei Li (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional imaging method includes: projecting structured light pattern on a reference plane and capturing a reference plane image of the reference plane to obtain a reference phase; projecting structured light pattern on a workpiece surface and capturing a workpiece surface image...