ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,045, issued on July 15, was assigned to TMEIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cutting position control device" was invented by Kazuhiro Houshuyama (Tokyo), Kanzo Inaba (Tokyo), Kiyoyuki Nobuoka (Kawasaki, Japan) and Kunitoshi Asada (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting position control device according to an embodiment includes an arithmetic processing circuit that receives an input of first data relating to a production schedule and material information of a material to be produced, uses the first data to calculate a first cutting position of a first cutter for a first slab cast by continuous casting equipment, generates a first...