ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,982, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).
"Residue spread mapping" was invented by Martin Peter Christiansen (Randers, Denmark), Ramon Buchaca Tarragona (Randers, Denmark), Morten Stigaard Laursen (Randers, Denmark) and Esma Mujkic (Randers, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for mapping the distribution of residue material in an environment in which one or more agricultural machines are operable. A sensing arrangement including one or more sensors mounted or otherwise coupled to an agricultural machine operating within the environment is used to obtain sensor da...