ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,497, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Localizing an optical marker" was invented by Christoph Hofmann (Waldkirch, Germany) and Alfred Arockiaraj (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera device for localizing an optical marker is provided that has at least one image sensor and a control and evaluation unit. A first camera channel for recording first image data having the optical marker is formed from the image sensor and the control and evaluation unit. The control and evaluation unit is configured to locate the optical marker in the first image data and to determine a first pose of th...