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The patent EP3589187 was granted to Canfield Scientific on Apr 17, 2024. The application was filed on Feb 28, 2018 under application number EP18713083A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Granted And Under Opposition".
A 3D imaging system for capturing high-quality, whole-body cross-polarization images, comprising a plurality of image capture devices with polarized filtering and a corresponding plurality of illumination sources with orthogonal polarized filtering. The system sequentially activates groups of image capture devices and illumination sources to capture images of a subject from multiple angles, enabling the creation of high-resolution, 3D cross-polarization images of the entire body.

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