ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,108, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Unmanned vehicle management system and unmanned vehicle management method" was invented by Shogo Ichizuri (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmanned vehicle management system includes a first unmanned vehicle including a target position sensor that detects a relative position with respect to a loader, a second unmanned vehicle including a dump body onto which a load is loaded by the loader, and a management device that manages travel of each of the first unmanned vehicle and the second unmanned vehicle."

The patent was filed on Aug. 8, 2023, under Application No...