ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,450, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to PROMAU S.R.L. (Italy).

"Method and apparatus for controlling a process for curving elongated pieces and rolling curving machine" was invented by Orazio Maria Davi (Cesena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for curving an elongated piece uses a digital system which includes a control console having a programmable processing unit and a screen for displaying data and a camera connected with the processing unit and configured and positioned for acquiring images of the elongated piece. In accordance with the method, the profile of at least one virtual template of curvature is stored in t...