ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,434, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SeeScan Inc. (San Diego).

"Adjustable variable resolution inspection systems and methods" was invented by Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.), Scott A Powell (San Diego), Stephanie M Bench (Carlsbad, Calif.), Ray Merewether (La Jolla, Calif.), David A Cox (San Diego) and Eric M Chapman (Lake Tapps, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Camera heads configured to provide digitally articulated images or video, at adjustable resolutions and/or offsets and orientations, to a camera control unit (CCU) or other electronic computing system for display, storage, and/or transmission to other systems are di...