ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,124, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SHINING 3D TECH Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Handheld scanner and scanning method for handheld scanner" was invented by Xiaobo Zhao (Zhejiang, China) and Wenbin Wang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a handheld scanner and a scanning method for the handheld scanner. The handheld scanner includes a texture camera, a first black-and-white camera and a second black-and-white camera, where the first black-and-white camera and the second black-and-white camera are spaced apart from each other; and the handheld scanner further includes a laser projector, a...