ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,699, issued on July 1, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Torrance, Calif.).

"Three-dimensional reconstruction method, three-dimensional reconstruction device, and computer" was invented by Toru Matsunobu (Osaka, Japan), Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, Japan), Satoshi Yoshikawa (Hyogo, Japan) and Masaki Fukuda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional reconstruction method of generating a three-dimensional model including a three-dimensional point cloud using images obtained by image capturing devices that capture a common three-dimensional space includes acquiring the images capture...