US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES on June 9 for "Shovel and information processing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,646, issued on June 9, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Shovel and information processing device" was invented by Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes a lower traveling body, an upper swing body swingably mounted on the lower traveling body, a work device attached to the upper swing body, a hook attached to the distal end of the work device, an acquisition device configured to acquire information on the conveying destination of a suspended load to be suspended from the hook, and an imaging device attached to the upper swing body and configured to acquire imag...