US Patent Issued to LEICA GEOSYSTEMS on April 15 for "Laser scanner configured to generate a digital chain of custody" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,908, issued on April 15, was assigned to LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG (Heerbrugg, Switzerland).

"Laser scanner configured to generate a digital chain of custody" was invented by Gregory Charles Walsh (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Daniel Marty (Bad Ragaz, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser-scanning method may include obtaining scan data captured by a laser scanner in which the laser scanner includes a first private key that uniquely corresponds to the laser scanner. The laser-scanning method may include obtaining a first digital signature corresponding to the obtained scan data that is generated based on the scan data and the first...