US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 3 for "Site planning and stakeout using machine perception" (Illinois, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,477, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Site planning and stakeout using machine perception" was invented by Corey Lee Gorman (Peoria, Ill.), Roberto Martinez (Chicago), Justin Steinlage (Mackinaw, Ill.) and Russell Schloss (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stakeout system is constructed to stakeout a worksite according to a site plan. The system includes a set of fiducial markers, each being associated with a corresponding construction operation performed at the worksite. A set of sensors having diverse sensory modalities generate respective signals from which information associated with th...