US Patent Issued to Cognex on May 27 for "System and method for applying deep learning tools to machine vision and interface for the same" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,277, issued on May 27, was assigned to Cognex Corp. (Natick, Mass.).

"System and method for applying deep learning tools to machine vision and interface for the same" was invented by Reto Wyss (Lexington, Mass.) and John P. Petry III (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention overcomes disadvantages of the prior art by providing a vision system and method of use, and graphical user interface (GUI), which employs a camera assembly having an on-board processor of low to modest processing power. At least one vision system tool analyzes image data, and generates results therefrom, based upon a deep learning process. A t...