ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,594, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to WAGSTAFF INC. (Spokane Valley, Wash.).

"Continuous casting parameter value and set-up condition determination using artificial intelligence" was invented by Craig Lee Shaber (Liberty Lake, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a system and method for parameter value determination of direct chill casting using artificial intelligence. The system may employ one or more image sensors configured to capture images of a surface of a direct chill cast billet or ingot, where the images depict one or more casting anomalies. A first machine learning model configured to process images ...