ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,045, issued on March 4, was assigned to MOWZR INC. (Akron, Ohio).
"Autonomous mower system" was invented by James Suffolk (Wadsworth, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous lawnmower system includes a lawnmower capable of being operated in a non-autonomous mode and an autonomous mode. A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is coupled with the lawnmower. A plurality of cameras and a mobile phone dock are coupled with the lawnmower as well. A drive-by-wire traction control system for controlling the lawnmower is provided as well as a navigation module, that is coupled with the lawnmower. Also, a mobile phone is included...