ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,912, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Liaoning, China).

"Method for real-time detection of length and width size distribution of crystal population in glass crystallizer by binocular telecentric cameras" was invented by Tao Liu (Dalian, China), Yongcan Shuang (Dalian, China), Ji Fan (Dalian, China), Shoulin Hao (Dalian, China), Tingman Yan (Dalian, China), Luyao Yan (Dalian, China) and Haibo Niu (Dalian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for real-time detection of length and width size distribution of a crystal population in a glass crystallizer by binocular telecentric cameras. A cali...