ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,992, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to UTPVISION S.R.L. (Albano Sant' Alessandro, Italy).
"Apparatus for detecting surface defects in objects" was invented by Roberto Finazzi (Bolgare, Italy) and Sergio Sigala (Ospitaletto, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for detecting surface defects in objects comprises one or more illuminating devices configured to emit at least a light radiation and illuminate an object to be inspected. The detection apparatus is further configured to measure the light radiation received by the object, and also comprises one or more image acquisition devices configured to acquire one or more im...