ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,424, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Camera and method for detecting an object" was invented by Katharina Bleicher (Waldkirch, Germany), Romain Muller (Waldkirch, Germany), Richard Nopper (Waldkirch, Germany) and Jan Mahler (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera for detecting an object in a detection zone is provided that has an image sensor having a plurality of light reception elements for the generation of image data from received light from the detection zone), a reception optics having a focus adjustment unit for setting a focal position, with an angle of incidence of the re...