ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,760, issued on March 17, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work machine, method for controlling work machine, and control system for work machine" was invented by Akihiro Kyozu (Tokyo) and Takeshi Kamimae (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes a vehicle body, a work implement, an attitude sensor, an object sensor, and a controller. The work implement is movably attached to the vehicle body. The attitude sensor detects the attitude of the work implement. The object sensor is attached to the work implement. The object sensor detects an object in a periphery of the work machine, and outputs a signal indicati...