ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,846, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Gemological Institute of America Inc. (GIA) (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Digital image gemstone verification with filters" was invented by Jongsik Kim (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Sudhin Mandal (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods here may be used for capturing images of sample gemstones under structured, filtered illumination for later comparison and image matching for authentication using networked computer systems."
The patent was filed on May 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/200,425.
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