ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,442, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sight Machine Inc. (San Francisco).
"System and method for monitoring manufacturing" was invented by Nathan Oostendorp (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kurtis Alan Demaagd (Chelsea, Mich.) and Ryan L. Smith (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving raw data and generating a manufacturing data packet (MDP) that includes at least a portion of the raw data. Generating the MDP includes associating metadata with the raw data and associating a timestamp with the raw data. The timestamp is synchronized to a common reference time. A data model associated with the MDP is obtained. The...