ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,116, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).
"Control device and automatic work method" was invented by Masaki Odai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a progress information output unit that determines the progress of work on the basis of sensor data, obtained from at least one among a work device and the work environment of the work device, and sensor data during normal progress of the work device, and outputs progress information indicating the progress of work; a management unit that generates an operation command of the work device on th...