ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,403, issued on May 27, was assigned to rooom AG (Jena, Germany).

"Mat for carrying out a photogrammetry method, use of the mat and associated method" was invented by Hans Elstner (Jena, Germany), Michael Bicker (Jena, Germany) and Alexander Ramm (Jena, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mat for carrying out a photogrammetry method, having an upper side with a scanning surface, on which an object to be captured by means of the photogrammetry method can be placed, wherein a plurality of markers which can preferably be distinguished from one another is arranged on the scanning surface, said markers being detectable when carrying o...