US Patent Issued to Federal Express on Sept. 1 for "System and method for determining a location and direction of travel of an object transport vehicle" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,114, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Federal Express Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"System and method for determining a location and direction of travel of an object transport vehicle" was invented by Kevin C. Henry (Harrison, Ark.), Bryan M. Crow (Harrison, Ark.) and Trenton C. Fox (Harrison, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and systems for tracking an object transport vehicle. The method includes calculating a front center point of the object transport vehicle based on first signals received from a first plurality of wireless devices affixed to a front portion of the object transport vehicle. A r...