ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,889, issued on June 3, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).
"Locating, identifying, and shifting objects in automated or semi-automated fashion including during transit" was invented by Julio Gil (Veldhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detecting, locating, identifying, engaging, and/or shifting objects in automated or semi-automated fashion as well as methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-program products therefor. Embodiments used for shifting objects in automated or semi-automated fashion may be implemented in stationary environments, and/or in moving, e.g., in-transit, environments, ...