ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,736, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Ag Leader Technology (Ames, Iowa).
"Apparatus, systems and methods for stalk sensing" was invented by Roger Zielke (Huxley, Iowa), Scott Eichhorn (Ames, Iowa), Alan F. Barry (Nevada, Iowa) and Tony Woodcock (Ames, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method that relate to a physical stalk sensing system comprising at least one resilient member. Sensors having the resilient member or members are able to estimate the size of the stalks of row crops as they pass through a field, such as a corn field. The sensors can be mounted on a corn head and the results can be analyzed...