US Patent Issued to Swiss Timing on April 21 for "System for judging or determining position on a crossing line of a sporting competition, and method for activating same" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,646, issued on April 21, was assigned to Swiss Timing Ltd (Corgemont, Switzerland).

"System for judging or determining position on a crossing line of a sporting competition, and method for activating same" was invented by Fabien Blondeau (Chezard-St-Martin, Switzerland), Christophe Grasso (Bienne, Switzerland), Benoit Cosandier (Le Locle, Switzerland) and Stephane Pointet (Reconvilier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for judging or determining position or posture, and/or a time on a line crossed by at least one competitor or racer in a sporting competition, includes at least an apparatus for taking a photograph w...