ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,723, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rinnovision Inc. (Sainte-Marie, Canada).
"Visual inspection apparatus and system associated therewith" was invented by Norman Bedard (St-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Canada) and Patrick Lamontagne (Saint-Bernard, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an inspection apparatus for visually inspecting a substantially dark area. The inspection apparatus includes an inspection casing having a sidewall extending between a casing inspection end and a connecting end, an omnidirectional video camera mounted to the casing inspection end of the inspection casing; and a light-emitt...