ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,701, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Spatial calibration for accurate long-distance measurement using infrared cameras" was invented by Ryan Decker (Lake Hopatcong, N.J.), Benjamin Abruzzo (Newark, N.J.), Ahmed Hassan (Boonton, N.J.), Mihaly Horvath (Montville, N.J.), Steven Manole (Great Meadows, N.J.) and Arhum Mirza (Vernon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for spatial calibration of an infrared (IR) camera allows for a large calibration area thereby providing high fidelity results for accurate long-distance measurement. Halogen ...