ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,344, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SMITHS DETECTION FRANCE S.A.S. (Vitry sur Seine, France).

"Inspection of cargo in open-topped vehicle" was invented by Serge Maitrejean (Vitry-sur-seine, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, it is disclosed a computer-implemented method for inspecting cargo in an open-topped vehicle, including: obtaining an estimate of a volume of the cargo in the open-topped vehicle, based on data obtained from a top-observation device, the top-observation device being configured to observe a top surface of the cargo in the open-topped vehicle during a mutual movement of the open-topped vehicl...