Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Target Detection System, Target Detection Method, And Crane' Filed by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Material Handling Systems Co. Ltd.

MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202544085852 A) filed by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Material Handling Systems Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on Sept. 10, 2025, for 'target detection system, target detection method, and crane.'

Inventor(s) include Yoshioka Nobuo.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed are a target detection system (110), a target detection method, and a crane (100) with which it is possible to accurately load a container (C) onto a transport cart (10), such as a trailer. A three-dimensional distance measurement unit (40) detects a side surface (60a, 61a, ...