ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,252, issued on May 20, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Computer-implemented method for classifying a body type" was invented by Robert Lapp (Nuremberg, Germany) and Andreas Prokein (Bubenreuth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method is for classifying a body type of at least one person. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving at least one image data record of the respective person, which maps at least one subarea of the person; and ascertaining a body type for the person by an optimization method. A respective person model is used for each of the possible body types...