US Patent Issued to Kobelco Construction Machinery on July 8 for "Remote operation assistance device and remote operation assistance method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,009, issued on July 8, was assigned to Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Remote operation assistance device and remote operation assistance method" was invented by Ryota Hama (Hiroshima, Japan) and Masaki Otani (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote operation assistance device configured such that when an operator performs work through remote operation of a work machine, the remote operation assistance device moves the work machine to the position suitable for the work scheduled to be performed by the work machine in advance or changes the attitude of the work machine in advance so as to b...