ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,903, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Welch Allyn Inc. (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.).
"Dermal image capture" was invented by David G. Perkins (Tully, N.Y.), Yaolong Lou (Singapore), Shadakshari D. Chikkanaravangala (Singapore), Stephen C. Daley (Skaneateles, N.Y.), Helmi Kurniawan (Singapore), Chee Keen Lai (Singapore), Hon Kuen Leong (Singapore) and Bryan Ng (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dermal imaging system coordinates operation of an illumination unit, one or more lenses, and a camera to capture a sequence of images of an area of interest on a skin surface. The system automatically tags each image in the sequence of ima...