US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION CRANES on Nov. 3 for "Periphery-monitoring device for work machine" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,617, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION CRANES Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Periphery-monitoring device for work machine" was invented by Tatsuya Matsushita (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to more easily optimize periphery monitoring, there is provided a periphery-monitoring device that displays a periphery of a work machine in an overhead view. The periphery-monitoring device includes distance measurement means for acquiring distance information to an object on the periphery of the work machine, display means for displaying the object in a first aspect in accordance with the distance ...