ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,455, issued on April 21, was assigned to UVeye Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Gap and flush measurement" was invented by Dan Segal (RaAnana, Israel), Amir Hever (Tenafly, N.J.) and Ohad Hever (Maccabim-Reut, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for inline measurement of gap width and flush depth of adjacent surfaces of a vehicle continuously moving longitudinally relative to the system comprises at least one laser source, at least one image sensor, and a processor configured to perform measurements within a predetermined cycle time. The processor controls the laser profiler to project laser beams onto vehicle surfaces, acquires...