ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,970, issued on May 26, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work assistance system and work assistance method" was invented by Shoji Yamamoto (Tokyo), Shingo Hayashi (Tokyo), Takaaki Ueno (Tokyo), Takuya Nakamichi (Tokyo) and Masahiko Niioka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work assistance system includes a drawing, a work record table, a handwriting display determination unit, a display control unit, and input means. The drawing includes parts and handwritings. The work record table stores the handwriting for the part as the work record. The handwriting display determination unit determines, as the writing candidates, the ha...