ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,134, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Remote operation device for a work machine" was invented by Shinya Kasai (Ibaraki, Japan), Masamichi Ito (Ibaraki, Japan) and Shinjiro Yamamoto (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a remote operation device capable of remotely operating efficiently and safely a work machine that is operated from a remote location, even when a communication delay occurs. The remote operation device includes a communication control section 222 that receives a camera video image of a work site captured by a vehicle-mounted camera 91 and vehi...