US Patent Issued to CertainTeed Gypsum on Feb. 18 for "Method of characterizing a surface texture and texture characterization tool" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,976, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CertainTeed Gypsum Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Method of characterizing a surface texture and texture characterization tool" was invented by Rachel Z. Pytel (Newton, Mass.), Sidath S. Wijesooriya (Wayland, Mass.), Simon Mazoyer (Paris) and Brice Dubost (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to evaluating the surfaces of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a method of characterizing a surface texture of a building surface. The method includes illuminating a first area of the building surface from a single direction and capturi...