US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 21 for "Systems and methods for detecting individuals on or witihin a lift platform of a lift system" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,602, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for detecting individuals on or witihin a lift platform of a lift system" was invented by Alexandru Gheorghe Badger (Stanwood, Wash.) and Gerald Oren Pollard (Snohomish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method include a lift system including a lift platform. An object sensor is configured to detect one or more objects on or within the lift platform, and output image data including one or more images of the lift platform. A weight sensor is configured to detect a weight of the lift platform, and output weight data including...