US Patent Issued to Yanmar Holdings on Aug. 12 for "Route generation method, device, and program for a work vehicle operating in a narrow area" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,355, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Yanmar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Route generation method, device, and program for a work vehicle operating in a narrow area" was invented by Akihiro Suzuki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A route generation method executes generating a plurality of work routes where a work vehicle travels straight in a first direction that is a travel direction of the work vehicle, in a work area where a crop is arranged, generating a movement route that is a route continuous with the work route and that includes a straight route where the work vehicle travels straight, in a headland area ...