ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,707, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Travel route simulator for construction machine" was invented by Yoshio Sasaoka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simulator is provided which can reduce a standby time of a construction machine, enable a process plan for construction machine work to be executed, and enable an unskilled operator to improve work efficiency of a construction machine. A simulator for work by using a construction machine transporting a material includes a construction machine characteristic information acquisition unit which acquires construction mac...