ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,668, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Lucasfilm Entertainment Co. Ltd. LLC (San Francisco).

"Motion capture using synchronized and aligned devices" was invented by Robert Derry (San Francisco), Gary P. Martinez (San Francisco) and Brian Hook (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motion capture system comprising: a master clock configured to repeatedly generate and output, at a frame rate, a primary clock signal that conveys when a video frame starts; a first camera configured to capture light within a first set of wavelengths and operably coupled to receive the master clock signal and initiate an image capture sequence on...