Device for Digitizing Materials: Defensive-Publication Embodiments, Version 2026-05-16

This record contains a defensive publication describing material-scanning devices and methods, including photometric stereo, SVBRDF/BRDF capture, polarized reflection and transmission capture, spectral illumination, material-map generation, renderable material output, calibration, machine-learning-assisted reconstruction, quality control, and related embodiments. This version is an expanded defensive-publication version prepared from an initial document first published on 2023-01-02. Earlier signed versions are preserved separately and referenced for provenance. The expanded 2026 version should not be interpreted as having been publicly available before its stated publication date.