ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,539, issued on April 29, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Device for determining pinch point(s) along conveyor(s)" was invented by Gines Garcia Garcia (Castelldefels, Spain), Victor Celemin Peinado (Manises, Spain) and Anibal Jose Gutierrez de Uriarte Calvo (Cartagena, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a battery, a container, a frame, a first imaging device disposed at least partially within the container and coupled to the frame, a second imaging device disposed at least partially within the container and coupled to the frame, and a third imaging device disposed at least partially within the c...