ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,553, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to QUALICAPS Co. LTD. (Yamatokoriyama, Japan).
"Capsule marking device and method" was invented by Kousuke Ookita (Yamatokoriyama, Japan), Kazuaki Matsutani (Yamatokoriyama, Japan), Junsuke Yasui (Yamatokoriyama, Japan) and Hiroshi Sakuramoto (Yamatokoriyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule marking device 1 includes: a conveying unit 2 that conveys a capsule C along a conveyance path 2a; a first imaging unit 30 that captures an image of the capsule C being conveyed, to obtain first imaging data; a marking unit 40 that performs marking on the capsule C being conveyed; and a control u...