ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,284, issued on May 6, was assigned to Topcon Corp. (Tokyo).

"Measuring system, measuring method, and measuring program" was invented by You Sasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to monitor operation situations of site resources at a construction site efficiently, a measuring system uses a surveying apparatus 100 including a camera and a position-determining function using laser light, and the measuring system includes a photographing means for continuously photographing construction machines 201 to 204 which are site resources for performing operations at a construction site by the camera, a recognizing means recogniz...