ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,744, issued on June 16, was assigned to TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING LLC (Lititz, Pa.).

"CV auto-calibrated bridle method and system" was invented by James D. Love (Lititz, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods use a computer vision camera to determine where bridles and other rigging items are positioned and provide that information to a control system. This information is used to place the elements of the rigging system before each live performance."

The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 2022, under Application No. 18/083,984.

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