ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,893, issued on April 22, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for a 3D model for visualization of landscape design" was invented by Nicholas Carmelo Marotta (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Laura Kennedy (Gilbert, Ariz.) and JD Johnson Willingham (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The following relates generally to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and artificial intelligence (AI). In some embodiments, a system: receives LIDAR data generated from a LIDAR camera; measures a plurality of dimensions of a landscape based upon processor analysis of the LIDAR data; builds a 3D m...