ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,759, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Trimble Inc. (Westminster, Colo.).

"Visual indication system for mobile machines" was invented by Adam Clare (Westminster, Colo.) and Ethan Moe (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a visual indication system implemented on a mobile machine. The visual indication system at least partially surrounds the mobile machine and includes a plurality of displayable regions. Objects surrounding the mobile machine are detected using an object detection sensor. A direction with respect to the mobile machine is detected for each of the objects. A current state of the mobile ...