US Patent Issued to Joy Global Surface Mining on Sept. 30 for "Object proximity detection and feedback system for a mining machine" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,818, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Joy Global Surface Mining Inc (Milwaukee).

"Object proximity detection and feedback system for a mining machine" was invented by Keshad D. Malegam (Milwaukee), Wesley P. Taylor (New Berlin, Wis.) and Matthew Reiland (Mequon, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting a potential collision between an object and a mining machine, the system comprising: a sensor, a first strobe light and a second strobe light, and an electronic processor configured to identify a virtual perimeter around at least a portion of the mining machine, identify a plurality of collision zones, the plurali...