ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,883, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Distance estimation using multi-camera device" was invented by Eyal Zak (Megiddo, Israel) and Ozi Egri (Yassur, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for measuring a distance from a device to an object is described. One or more first images including the object are acquired by a first camera of the device and one or more first reference images are acquired by a second camera of the device, while the device is in a first position. One or more second images including the object and one or more second reference images are acquired by camera...