US Patent Issued to Future Dial on Nov. 25 for "Grading cosmetic appearance of an electronic device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,089, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Future Dial Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Grading cosmetic appearance of an electronic device" was invented by Jisheng Li (Los Altos, Calif.) and Qing Zhang (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving, by a processor, a plurality of images of a test object, the plurality of images including a plurality of surfaces of the test object. The processor receives an image of a barcode on the test object. The processor selects a region of interest in each of the plurality of images of the test object. The region of interest includes the test object having a background rem...