US Patent Issued to MTD PRODUCTS on March 31 for "Outdoor power equipment machine with presence detection" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,254, issued on March 31, was assigned to MTD PRODUCTS INC (Valley City, Ohio).

"Outdoor power equipment machine with presence detection" was invented by Shai Abramson (Halutz, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile outdoor power equipment machine for performing a controlled task within a work area includes a drive system for providing movement of the machine, a working apparatus for performing the task, and a scanning system for scanning an area surrounding the machine. The scanning system is configured to provide detection of physical elements in the environment to aid in navigation of the machine. In an embodiment, the sca...