ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,366, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"System and method for controlling work machine" was invented by Ken Nishihara (Tokyo), Eiji Ishibashi (Tokyo) and Takuya Sonoda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a work implement sensor attached to a work implement to detect work implement roll and pitch angles, and a controller. The controller acquires an actual frame length, a position of the first body connecting portion, and the roll and pitch angles. The controller calculates an assumed position of the first frame connecting portion when the yaw angle is assumed to be a predetermined angle based...