US Patent Issued to Altec Industries on Dec. 2 for "Head mounted display for remote operation of machinery" (Missouri, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,547, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Altec Industries Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).

"Head mounted display for remote operation of machinery" was invented by Westin Sykes (Gower, Mo.), Timothy J. Mourlam (Kansas City, Kan.), Aaron Beck (Kansas City, Mo.) and William Naber (Saint Joseph, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing real-time, sensory information associated with a remote location using a remote capture device and a head-mounted display. In some embodiments, the system comprises a fiber-optic cable to transmit a signal comprising sensory information collected by the remote capture device to the head-m...