ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,862, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Scythe Robotics Inc. (Longmont, Colo.).
"Orientation-based mower control" was invented by Davis Thorp Foster (Boulder, Colo.), Robert Johnstone Mccutcheon IV (Longmont, Colo.), John Gordon Morrison (Longmont, Colo.) and Isaac Heath Roberts (Longmont, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques for detecting a difference in orientation between a lawn mower and a surface on which the mower is mowing, or between portions of such surface, based on one or more of sensor data or map data are discussed. The difference in orientation may then be used to control the lawn mower by, for ex...