ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,134, issued on July 29, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Objects automatic labeling method and system applying the same" was invented by Chih-Neng Liu (Tainan, Taiwan), Hung-Chun Chou (Taipei, Taiwan) and Tsann-Tay Tang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic objects labeling method includes: capturing M consecutive image frames at one station of an assembly line. Performing an object detection step which includes selecting a detection image frame that displays an operation using a work piece against a target object from the M consecutive image frames; and calibrating th...