ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,489, issued on June 17, was assigned to HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Work machine and control system for work machine" was invented by Koji Shiwaku (Ibaraki, Japan) and Shinya Imura (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a work machine and a control system for the work machine capable of preventing reduction of a work efficiency when inputting a complicated work area. The work machine includes a work area setting device 501, a work machine position/attitude acquisition device 502 and a work device position/attitude acquisition device 503, a controller 500, and a designated area setting device ...