ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,388, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).
"Control device and control method for work machine" was invented by Takeshi Oi (Tokyo) and Tomoki Konda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a work machine includes a three-dimensional map acquisition unit, a boundary specification unit, and an excavation start point determination unit. The work machine includes a travel body, a swing body supported by the travel body, and work equipment provided to the swing body and having a bucket. The three-dimensional map acquisition unit acquires a three-dimensional map indicating a shape around the work machine....