ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,188, issued on June 3, was assigned to KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Portable three-dimensional image measuring device, three-dimensional image measuring method using same, and medical image matching system" was invented by Moon Young Jeon (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Seung Yeol Ryu (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable three-dimensional image measuring device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a light source configured to output patterned light; a camera configured to generate a light field image of an object by receiving reflected light generated by ...