ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,366, issued on April 7, was assigned to Yanmar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Work area management method, work area management system, and work area management program" was invented by Yusuke Nishida (Okayama, Japan) and Yasuto Nishii (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work area management method includes storing first area information that represents a first work area that determines a first work route along which a first work device moves to perform a first work in a field, and that is determined on the basis of a positioning position of the first work device. The work area management method also includes outputt...