US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Sept. 23 for "Methods and systems for access point placement optimization in low-signal worksite environments" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,871, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Methods and systems for access point placement optimization in low-signal worksite environments" was invented by Mason Cobb (Peoria, Ill.) and Joel Miller (Washington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for worksite access point placement optimization, the method including: generating a connectivity profile for a machine; receiving a worksite definition for a worksite; simulating a machine path within the worksite according to the worksite definition; estimating connection strength at the machine, based on the connectivity profile, for multiple loca...