US Patent Issued to Wirtgen on Aug. 25 for "Position determining system and method for determining the position of a reference point on a self-propelled construction machine as well as method for initializing a reference station set up in the periphery of a self-propelled construction machine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,044, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Wirtgen GmbH (Windhagen, Germany).

"Position determining system and method for determining the position of a reference point on a self-propelled construction machine as well as method for initializing a reference station set up in the periphery of a self-propelled construction machine" was invented by Matthias Fritz (Hennef, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position determination system and a method are provided for determining the position of a reference point on a self-propelled construction machine in a coordinate system independent of the machine, and a method for initializing a ref...