ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,104, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to JVCKENWOOD Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Three-dimensional video imaging device" was invented by Toshihide Kobayashi (Yokohama, Japan) and Shogo Masuda (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional video imaging device includes a light source unit, a three-chip imaging element unit, and a processing unit. The three-chip imaging element unit includes a first prism, a reflection dichroic film, a first imaging element, a second imaging element that is a short-range time-of-flight (TOF) sensor, a third imaging element, a second prism, a half mirror, and a third prism. The processing...