US Patent Issued to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling on Dec. 23 for "Systems and methods for associating an operator with a vehicle" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,037, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. (Fairview, Ore.).

"Systems and methods for associating an operator with a vehicle" was invented by Nicholas M. Draayer (Portland, Ore.) and Ryan P. McDermott (Fairview, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods associate operators with machinery, such as materials-handling vehicles. Embodiments of the disclosed system comprise a first communication module configured to determine a distance between a frame of reference associated with a vehicle and respective portable devices and first logic configured to designate a first portable device as an o...