US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on March 18 for "Systems and methods for identifying missing welds using machine learning techniques" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,773, issued on March 18, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for identifying missing welds using machine learning techniques" was invented by Stephen Paul Ivkovich (Hanover, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for missing weld identification using machine learning techniques are described. In some examples, a part tracking system uses machine learning techniques to identify whether an operator has missed one or more welds when assembling a part. The part tracking system may additionally identify which specific welds were missed (e.g., the first weld, the third weld, th...