ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,782, issued on May 5, was assigned to AVer Information Inc. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Automatic food inspection device" was invented by Hung Wen Chao (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic food inspection device includes a feeding container, a track conveying device, a transparent track and an image capture module. The feeding container is used for accommodating the objects to be tested, the track conveying device is connected to the feeding container for conveying the objects to be tested, and the transparent track is separated with the track conveying device to further convey the objects to be tested. ...