US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Residential Group on May 26 for "Random decorative patterns for use in manufacturing parts" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,834, issued on May 26, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Residential Group Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Random decorative patterns for use in manufacturing parts" was invented by Ping Hsien Tsai (Walnut, Calif.) and William Carl Zhang (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for manufacturing a part with a random decorative pattern are described. In some embodiments, a part may be manufactured by obtaining a three-dimensional model of the part, generating a random decorative patter using a random pattern generator, and then modifying the three-dimensional model based on the random decorative pattern. A build plan may be t...