US Patent Issued to Roadtec on April 21 for "Vision-based detection and control of machinery" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,389, issued on April 21, was assigned to Roadtec Inc. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

"Vision-based detection and control of machinery" was invented by Thomas Fagan (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Ramon Pujol (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Todd Avans (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for modifying an operational condition, i.e., the discharge speed or position, of a material-handling vehicle (MHV). The system includes a computer utilizing a machine learning engine to analyze visual data, a vision system comprising at least one camera mounted to the MHV for generating said visual data, and a controller operatively connected to the MH...