ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,625, issued on May 13, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).
"Manipulation guide device" was invented by Minoru Shimizu (Tokyo), Nobuyoshi Yamanaka (Tokyo), Masaki Daimon (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Aratame (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operator is allowed to easily recognize a difference between a manipulation actually performed when performing a work and a manipulation serving a model for the work. A manipulation guide device for a work machine includes a manipulation device, a storage unit, and a display unit. The manipulation device is manipulated by an operator of the work machine to operate the work machine. The storage uni...