US Patent Issued to CORNING on July 29 for "Manufacturing a workpiece using optical dimensioning" (Pennsylvania, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,939, issued on July 29, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Manufacturing a workpiece using optical dimensioning" was invented by Dana Eugene Coots (Tioga, Pa.), Matthew Ellery Cornelius (Wellsville, N.Y.), Daniel Charles Loucks (Big Flats, N.Y.) and Eric Daniel Treacy (Beaver Dams, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for manufacturing a workpiece using optical dimensioning. The apparatus comprises a tool configured to alter at least one feature of the workpiece. An imaging system is coupled to the tool and defines an optical axis. The imaging system is configured to capture a plurality of images of...