US Patent Issued to Institut National D'Optique on May 20 for "Container leakage detection using thermal imaging" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,065, issued on May 20, was assigned to Institut National D'Optique (Quebec, Canada).

"Container leakage detection using thermal imaging" was invented by Timothy Pope (Quebec, Canada), Samuel Ouellet (Quebec, Canada) and Robert Brown (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for detecting container leakage using thermal imaging, for example, infrared imaging, are disclosed. A method may include a step of sensing thermal radiation emanating from a scene encompassing a liquid-holding container. For example, the container may be an intravenous fluid bag. The method may also include a step of generating a thermal ...