ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,968, issued on July 29, was assigned to OKUMA Corp. (Aichi, Japan).
"Three-dimensional shape measurement system and machine tool system" was invented by Shigemoto Hirota (Aichi, Japan), Akihito Kataoka (Aichi, Japan), Keigo Asano (Aichi, Japan) and Masahiro Maeda (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional shape measurement system includes an image pickup unit, a storage device that stores image pickup conditions required in imaging for measurement as condition information for each of a plurality of combinations of the material and surface property of an object, and a measurement controller that controls driving ...