ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,660, issued on June 10, was assigned to J. MORITA MFG. CORP. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Three-dimensional scanner, control method, and recording medium for recording programs" was invented by Tsuyoshi Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan) and Keisuke Sorimoto (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a three-dimensional scanner for acquiring three-dimensional shape information of an object using focusing, including a light source configured to emit light from an emission end face of a housing to the object; a sensor configured to detect light from the light source reflected by the object; a variable focus lens that is provid...