USPTO Patent Grant US12586010B2 for Working Plan Assistance Device

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Published March 24th, 2026

Detected March 25th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has granted patent US12586010B2 for a working plan assistance device and method. The patent, assigned to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., relates to modeling cranes and buildings in a virtual space to display occupation modes for planning purposes.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent US12586010B2, titled "Working plan assistance device and working plan assistance method." This patent, assigned to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., covers a system that models construction equipment (like cranes) and buildings in a 3D virtual space. It defines space occupation modes and displays these in relation to designated planes, outputting a "second-order working plan assistance image" to a terminal.

This is a grant of intellectual property and does not impose new regulatory obligations on businesses. However, companies involved in construction machinery, software development for construction planning, or related technology may wish to review the patent claims to understand the scope of protection and potential licensing opportunities or infringement risks. The patent filing date was March 16, 2022, and the grant date is March 24, 2026.

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Working plan assistance device and working plan assistance method

Grant US12586010B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.

Inventors

Nobuhiro Takamatsu, Satoshi Okada

Abstract

A crane M (work machine) and a building Q (external structure) are modeled in a three-dimensional virtual space, and space occupation modes in the three-dimensional space are defined. Further, in the three-dimensional virtual space, a designated plane group configured with a plurality of designated planes P1 and P2 spaced apart from each other is defined along an upper revolving body and/or an attachment M1 which are revolvable with respect to a lower traveling body of a base body M0 of the crane M. One designated plane group is defined in accordance with an extension mode of the upper revolving body at one time point. Further, a second-order working plan assistance image, in which respective occupation modes of the crane M and the building Q in the designated planes P1 and P2 constituting the designated plane group are displayed, is output to a terminal output interface 22.