US Patent Issued to Botbuilt on Nov. 25 for "Systems and methods for automatically characterizing lumber" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,933, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Botbuilt Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for automatically characterizing lumber" was invented by Christopher Barrett Ames (Durham, N.C.) and Adam Konneker (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for characterization of lumber is presented. The system includes a computing module having processor that generates a first fiducial to be printed on the lumber. The system includes an applicator module having a first printer that prints the first fiducial onto the lumber. The system includes a vision module having a camera that captures the first fiducial as printed on the lumb...