ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,297, issued on April 29, was assigned to SeeScan Inc. (San Diego).

"Video pipe inspection systems and methods with sensor data" was invented by Michael J. Martin (San Diego), Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.) and Alexander L. Warren (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Video inspection systems are disclosed. In one embodiment a video camera for use in a pipe inspection system includes a camera head including an outer housing, a camera module assembly including video and non-video sensors, a processing circuit, and a data link receiver."

The patent was filed on April 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/135,661.

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