ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,677, issued on June 16, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Imola, Italy).

"Method for inspecting the side wall of an object" was invented by Marco Casadio (Imola, Italy) and Andrea Saiani (Bagnacavallo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for inspecting the side wall of an object includes the following steps: transporting the object on a conveyor; receiving the object to be inspected in an inspection station positioned along the conveyor, where the axis (A) of the object is oriented along a longitudinal direction (D); capturing a first image through a first camera which views the object ...