US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on July 1 for "Material movement incorporating real-time tracking of a machine according to an optimized sequencing plan" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,847, issued on July 1, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Material movement incorporating real-time tracking of a machine according to an optimized sequencing plan" was invented by Pramod Chembrammel (Mahomet, Ill.), Dustin J. Funk (Edwards, Ill.) and Andrew C. Heebink (Chillicothe, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are described for moving a material volume to a specified destination, by a system including sensor data sources, a trip sequence planning system, and a controllable material mover. Sensor data sources provide, in real-time, terrain sensor data pertaining to the material volume to be mo...