US Patent Issued to KITZ on Sept. 29 for "Valve seat inspection method and valve seat inspection device using image recognition camera" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,008, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to KITZ Corp. (Tokyo).

"Valve seat inspection method and valve seat inspection device using image recognition camera" was invented by Ryo Iizuka (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve seat inspection method and valve seat inspection device using an image recognition camera. An inspection device main body has a checkup circuit for checking a leak with a reference leak amount, an inspection circuit in a state in which a test valve is set, and an image recognition camera for taking an image of bubbles appearing from a tip of an inspection tube being inserted into water in a contai...