ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,850, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Autonomous control of a machine performing grading" was invented by Michael Charles Gentle (Maroa, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller may obtain sensor data collected by one or more sensors of a work machine having a ground-engaging implement positionable at an angle that defines a leading edge and a trailing edge of the ground-engaging implement. The sensor data may relate to material being worked by the work machine using the ground-engaging implement. The controller may detect, based on the sensor data, at least one of an accumulation of the ma...