US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Dec. 30 for "Path generation device, path generation method, and program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,619, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Path generation device, path generation method, and program" was invented by Kenji Nishimiya (Wako, Japan) and Nikunj Shah (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A path generation device, a path generation method, and a program capable of improving the work efficiency of a work machine by generating an efficient path are provided. The path generation device (10) includes a processing unit (13) that generates a path for a work machine (300). The processing unit (13) divides a work area set for the work machine (300) by a plurality of straight lines having diff...