ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,869, issued on July 7, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio) and Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).

"Method for inspecting an object" was invented by Andrew Crispin Graham (Badminton, Great Britain), Julian Matthew Foxall (Bristol, Great Britain), James Vradenburg Miller (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Walter V. Dixon (Delanson, N.Y.) and Vijay Shirsat (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for inspecting an object includes determining guide image data of the object from a determined orientation, the guide image data including a guide image pixel array and a pixel property for at l...