US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Aug. 25 for "Automated interframe alignment monitoring for sheet manufacturing applications" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,823, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Automated interframe alignment monitoring for sheet manufacturing applications" was invented by Michael Leo Held (Stevens Point, Wis.) and Michael Forbes (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Profile alignment with cross-correlation is employed to determine the alignment between two measured profiles taken at different locations along a sheet of material. Aligning two profiles in sheet manufacturing is critical so that the coating weight on the sheet can be calculated. Coat weight profile is calculated by subtracting the weight ...