ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,315, issued on April 29, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for quality control in manufacture of parts" was invented by Ziqiang Sheng (Troy, Mich.), Anthony Vincent Tocco (Macomb, Mich.), Timothy J. Byrd (Goodrich, Mich.), Ronald Schabel (Lapeer, Mich.), Shane L. Johnson (Davison, Mich.), Jason W. Whaley (Lake Orion, Mich.), Michael J. Watson (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and Kleber M. Cabral (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system performs a method of manufacturing a vehicle. The system includes a camera, a transport device, and a processor. The camera obtains an image of a ...