US Patent Issued to Symbotic on Sept. 16 for "Calibration of depth-sensing computer vision systems" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,638, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Symbotic LLC (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Calibration of depth-sensing computer vision systems" was invented by Gene Malkin (Brookline, Mass.), Scott Denenberg (Newton, Mass.), Valentina Chamorro (Somerville, Mass.) and Lev Persits (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods utilize one or more 3D cameras (e.g., ToF cameras) in industrial safety applications. The 3D camera generates a depth map that may be used by external hardware and software to classify objects in a workcell and generate control signals for machinery. To facilitate sensor-specific calibration and coordina...