ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,187, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to YAMABIKO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Work management system" was invented by Haruka Ishihira (Tokyo), Yoichi Fuse (Tokyo) and Kazuhiro Kaneko (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work management system includes: a working robot configured to perform work while autonomously traveling on a field; a management facility configured to manage the field and balls; and a management device configured to know a management situation of the balls. A work schedule of the working robot is adjusted depending on a ball management situation known by the management device."
The patent was filed on Feb. 5, 2024, under Ap...