ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,383, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to A&E Engineering Inc. (Greer, S.C.).

"Systems and methods for controlling production" was invented by Christopher Michael Gibson (Greer, S.C.) and Lauren Challe Matthews (Meridian, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide for an example method for controlling the activity of a production facility, such as a production facility having one or more automation environments. The example method includes receiving data indicative of a current production environment. The data can include data of a sensor representing a time since last unit or fill level at...