ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,174, issued on March 24, was assigned to AMADA Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan) and AMADA MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Digital projector, machine tool, and projected image display method" was invented by Masahiro Kanayama (Kanagawa, Japan), Fumihiko Matsubara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshihiro Tsunekawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital projector according to one aspect includes: a light source that irradiates an object to be machined with light; a low-magnification camera mechanism that captures a projected image of the object to be machined, generated by the irradiation by the light source; a beam splitter...