US Patent Issued to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY on Jan. 20 for "Measuring device, and construction machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,211, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan) and HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY (Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan).

"Measuring device, and construction machine" was invented by Yukihiro Hoso (Hiroshima, Japan), Sho Fujiwara (Hiroshima, Japan), Yusuke Funahara (Hiroshima, Japan) and Toru Tamaki (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement device is configured to calculate, based on second measurement data provided by a distance detector, second contour data indicating a surface contour of an object contained in the container at a second time after a first time; calculate differenti...