ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,991, issued on April 21, was assigned to J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd. (Uttoxeter, Great Britain).

"Working machine" was invented by Richard Howells (Uttoxeter, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A working machine includes a body, a ground engaging propulsion structure supporting the body, a working arm, a control system, and a collision avoidance system. The collision avoidance system has a camera configured to monitor an area in its field of view and to generate an output signal to the control system in response to a detected animate object. The control system includes a processor configured to execute a machine learning ...