ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,055, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Imola, Italy).
"Method and device for inspecting an incision on a plastic cap" was invented by Massimo Balducci (Imola, Italy) and Donato Laico (Imola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for inspecting an incision made on a lateral surface of a plastic cap includes the following steps: conveying the plastic cap along an inspection path through an inspection zone in which the cap is inspected; emitting a polarized light collimated along a light orientation towards the inspection zone; capturing image data representing at least one ...