ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,658, issued on April 1, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Technician performance system" was invented by Ayman Taha (Nashville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and methods for monitoring and evaluating the performance of a lawn-care technician. A Technician Performance Module (TPM) is affixed to or embedded in a device or apparatus used by the technician, such as a sprayer or a spreader. The TPM comprises a plurality of sensors (e.g., GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, pedometer) which collect, store, and/or transmit an assortment of data as described below. The data may be transmitted wi...