ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,111, issued on May 20, was assigned to Procemex Oy (Jyvaskyla, Finland).
"Smart synchronization method of a web inspection system" was invented by Jari Ritoniemi (Lempaala, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart synchronizing method of a web inspection system for monitoring a moving web. A synchronizing device, at least one slave camera, and at least one lighting device illuminate an area of the web to be imaged by the cameras. The method includes transmitting a synchronizing signal to the slave camera. The synchronizing signal includes at least a start pulse and serial data including additional information. All the cameras a...