ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,963, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Inspection assistance system, inspection assistance method, and program" was invented by Shintaroh Sugimoto (Yokosuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inspection assistance system includes a first irradiator that irradiates a transparent or translucent injection molding product with light from a lower side, a second irradiator that irradiates the injection molding product with light from an upper side, and an imaging unit that performs first imaging for imaging the injection molding product in a state where the injection molding product is irradi...