ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,873, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).

"Method and system for detecting optical defects within a glass windshield" was invented by Theo Rybarczyk (Courbevoie, France) and Laurent Remeur (Courbevoie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method for detecting optical defects within a glass windshield. takes as input a map of angular distances between primary and ghost images of a periodical pattern viewed through said glass windshield, an image of the periodical pattern viewed through the glass windshield, and at least one shape parameter of the individual features ...