US Patent Issued to KOMATSU on July 21 for "Control device, loading machine, and control method to determine a target azimuth direction" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,991, issued on July 21, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Control device, loading machine, and control method to determine a target azimuth direction" was invented by Takeshi Oi (Tokyo) and Kazuhiro Hatake (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading machine includes a swing body, work equipment provided on the swing body, a posture measuring device to measure a posture of the swing body, and a depth detecting sensor to detect a depth of at least part of a surrounding of the swing body in a detection range. A control device controls the loading machine. The control device includes a posture information acquisition unit that a...