ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,657, issued on Nov. 25.
"System and device for automation and safety for a vehicle or trailer with lift arms" was invented by Charles Thomas Pishock Jr. (Schuylkill Haven, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for automation of a vehicle or trailer with lift arms including a dump bed with lift arms and one or more hydraulic valves operative to lifting the lift arms, hydraulic sensors joined to each hydraulic valve, a bucket on an end of the lift arms, a camera positioned to view a rear of the dump bed, and a computer program product which monitors a surrounding area by the camera, positions the bucket by lifting the lift arms b...