ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,699, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CLECIM S.A.S. (Savigneux, France).
"Visual control system for an extended product" was invented by Yvon Fontaine (Montbrison, France) and Stephane Gouttebroze (Precieux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visual control system for an extended product being a wire, a tube, a plate, a strip or a series of juxtaposed elements type contains a first measurement zone with an inspection unit for automatically inspecting a portion of the product advancing along a longitudinal path. The inspection unit delivering at least one map having qualitative information of an inspected portion of the product. ...