ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,227, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System and method for monitoring work area" was invented by Mo Wei (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring a work area of a work machine includes a sensor system. The sensor system generates one or more input signals corresponding to a position of at least one object present in at least one of the work area and a predetermined area. The input signals are indicative of the position of the object at different instances of time. The system also includes a controller communicably coupled to the sensor system. The controller includes one...