US Patent Issued to KOMATSU on July 8 for "Information obtaining system and information obtaining method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,016, issued on July 8, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Information obtaining system and information obtaining method" was invented by Naoto Saito (Tokyo), Shunsuke Goto (Tokyo) and Keisuke Tsuboi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Information on a work machine is more accurately obtained through simplified works. An information obtaining system includes a hydraulic excavator, a target portion, a position measurement unit, and an information obtaining unit. The hydraulic excavator includes a revolving unit and a work implement movable relatively to the revolving unit. The target portion is attached to the work implement. The ...