US 12,425,707 B2
Attachment for use with a device to scan a surface and a device for the same
Anthony Bull, London (GB); Pierluigi Cuomo, Florence (IT); Marco Hanaman, Florence (IT); and Shuqiao Xie, London (GB)
Assigned to Imperial College Innovations Ltd, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/568,519
Filed by Imperial College Innovations Ltd, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/GB2022/051423
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/258956, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2108251 (GB), filed on Jun. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147037 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/51 (2023.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/51 (2023.01) [A61B 90/361 (2016.02); H04M 1/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment for use with a device to scan a surface the attachment comprising:
a first housing portion configured to releasably secure a device including a camera,
a second housing portion connected to the first housing portion and having a wall defining an internal region of the second housing portion and an external region of the second housing portion, and
a plurality of pins slidably secured to the wall, each of the plurality of pins having a proximal end disposed in the internal region and a distal end disposed in the external region,
wherein, upon abutment of the distal end of each of the pins against the surface, the proximal end of each of the pins is configured to translate relative to the wall, and
wherein, when the device is secured to the first housing portion, the proximal ends of the plurality of pins are viewable by the camera.