ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,820, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NavVis GmbH (Munich).
"Method and device for the precise selection of a space coordinate by means of a digital image" was invented by Fahad Mansoor (Munich), Robert Huitl (Munich), Raphael Neblich (Munich), Lisa Cali (Munich), Tamino Hartmann (Munich), Stefan Romberg (Munich) and Georg Schroth (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for precise selection of a space coordinate by means of a digital image. A digital image of surface elements in a three-dimensional space and a point cloud are provided, with space coordinates allocated to the points which form the point cloud, an...