ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,231, issued on July 28, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Appearance inspection method for goods" was invented by Motoyoshi Koyanagi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This appearance inspection method for goods is on a to-be-inspected object including: a planar tray having a front surface provided with colorless and transparent pockets each of which having a support that supports the to-be-inspected object through contact with the to-be-inspected object so as to extend along an outer periphery of the to-be-inspected object, the pocket having a space formed in an area in which no contact with the to-be-inspected ...