ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,702, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EQUIPMENTSHARE.COM INC (Columbia, Mo.).
"System and method for autonomous operation of a machine" was invented by William J. Schlacks IV (Columbia, Mo.), Brian Adams (Columbia, Mo.), James Dianics (Columbia, Mo.), Ian Graves (Columbia, Mo.), Rob Martin (Columbia, Mo.) and Scott Pfursich (Columbia, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for autonomous or semi-autonomous operation of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a machine automation portal (MAP) application configured to enable a computing device to (a) display a map of a work site and (b) provide a graphical user interface th...