ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,931, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to LECTRA (Paris).
"Method and system for automatically detecting characteristic points of a herringbone fabric with a view to automatically cutting pieces" was invented by Patrick Moreau (Pessac, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system are provided for automatically detecting characteristic points of a herringbone fabric with a view to automatically cutting pieces. The herringbone patterns are formed by V-shaped features with vertices that are aligned along a plurality of parallel axes. The method proceeds with a step of acquiring an image of a segment of the fabric, a detection...