US Patent Issued to LightGuide on Dec. 30 for "Virtual buttons for augmented reality light guided assembly system and calibration method" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,998, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LightGuide Inc. (Wixom, Mich.).

"Virtual buttons for augmented reality light guided assembly system and calibration method" was invented by William T. Sommerville (Wixom, Mich.), Mikayla M. Ray (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Marina M. Fietsam (Leonard, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for calibrating a sensor and projector with respect to a work area, the method including positioning a projector to project light indicators at locations in the work area and positioning a sensor with respect to the projector such that the sensor's field of view includes a selected portion of the work ...