US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies on Feb. 10 for "Material identification using vibration signals" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,752, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC (Dayton, Ohio).

"Material identification using vibration signals" was invented by Jung Hyun Jun (Canterbury, New Zealand) and Peter France (Christchurch, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems, methods, and other techniques for determining a material type while an implement of a construction machine is interacting with a ground surface. A vibration signal that is indicative of a movement of the implement is captured. One or more features are extracted from the vibration signal. The one or more features are provided to...