G06F 3/0325
Using a plurality of light emitters or reflectors or a plurality of
Official title: {using a plurality of light emitters or reflectors or a plurality of detectors forming a reference frame from which to derive the orientation of the object, e.g. by triangulation or on the basis of reference deformation in the picked up image}
G06F3/0325 (Using a plurality of light emitters or reflectors or a plurality of) appears on 839 US grants and 1,024 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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