US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on July 14 for "Alignment warning system for a refuse vehicle" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,640, issued on July 14, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Alignment warning system for a refuse vehicle" was invented by Brian Thomas (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Leo Van Kampen (Conestogo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection and warning system for a refuse vehicle includes a camera and processing circuitry. The camera is configured to obtain image data of a target waste receptacle and a lift apparatus of the refuse vehicle. The processing circuitry is configured to predict, based on the image data, tipping of the target waste receptacle by the lift apparatus of the refuse vehicle. The processing circuitry is confi...