US Patent Issued to KOMATSU on Sept. 22 for "System and method for controlling work machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,308, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"System and method for controlling work machine" was invented by Kei Nakano (Tokyo), Souichi Tsumura (Tokyo), Osamu Shimizu (Tokyo) and Tomoki Ando (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a machine position sensor and a controller. The machine position sensor outputs current position data indicative of the position of the work machine. The controller acquires actual topography data including the position of a first slot extending in a predetermined work direction, the position of a second slot positioned beside the first slot, and the position of a first ...