ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,920, issued on June 16, was assigned to LightGuide Inc. (Wixom, Mich.).
"Standalone vision system" was invented by Neil B. Harbin (Royal Oak, Mich.), Miranda R. Perry (Fenton, Mich.), William T. Sommerville (Wixom, Mich.) and Mikayla M. Ray (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vision system for a work area includes a camera positioned to have a field of view of a portion of the work area. The camera captures video of the actions of a worker performing a task at the work area. A controller monitors the captured video. The controller includes a vision program with vision tools, each defining bounded regions within ...