US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on June 30 for "Audio-visual assist for efficient piling or stacking of materials" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,952, issued on June 30, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Audio-visual assist for efficient piling or stacking of materials" was invented by Craig Allan Lehocky (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for controlling a machine is provided herein, including: receiving measurements indicative of one or more geometric characteristics of a material pile; determining a difference between the one or more geometric characteristics of the material pile and one or more target geometric characteristics of the material pile, the difference being indicative of material to be moved by the machine; determinin...