ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,333, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Weed control system" was invented by Nils Einecke (Offenbach, Germany) and Mathias Franzius (Offenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weed control system includes an autonomous work device, and the autonomous work device includes driving means configured to move the autonomous work device, sensor means configured acquire a sensor signal from the environment of the autonomous device, and a control circuit configured to control the driving means to navigate the autonomous work device in the environment. The weed control system includes at least one dispos...