ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,313, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NANJING UNIVERSITY (Jiangsu, China).

"Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction device and method of flame spectra" was invented by Xun Cao (Jiangsu, China), Lijing Cai (Jiangsu, China), Yan Zhang (Jiangsu, China), Zhengyu Liu (Jiangsu, China) and Chen Wang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction device and a method of flame spectra are provided. The device has a plurality of prism-mask shooting systems and a plurality of mirrors. The prism-type shooting systems are set up around a combustion area to be reconstructed and each is provided with two mirro...