ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,950, issued on March 31, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).
"Object recognition system for picking up items" was invented by Nobutaka Kimura (Holland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for object loading recognition associated with a plurality of objects, which may include a sensor for measuring distances between the sensor and the plurality of objects; a linear slider, wherein the sensor is coupled to the linear slider and is moved linearly by the linear slider; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: measure surfaces of the plurality ...