US Patent Issued to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES on Feb. 18 for "Systems and methods for using human-operated material-transport vehicles with fleet-management systems" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,950, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for using human-operated material-transport vehicles with fleet-management systems" was invented by Ryan Christopher Gariepy (Kitchener, Canada), Matthew Allen Rendall (Waterloo, Canada), Simon Drexler (Puslinch, Canada), Roydyn Clayton (Seattle) and Shahab Kaynama (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a driver-support system for use with a human-operated material-transport vehicle, and methods for using the same. The system has at least one sensor, a human-vehicle interface, a...