ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,893, issued on March 18, was assigned to AGTONOMY (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Powertrain system and management" was invented by Timothy Bucher (Geyserville, Calif.) and Steven Holmes (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural tractor may include a powertrain configured to drive one or more wheels of the agricultural tractor. In these and other embodiments, the powertrain may be configured to operate in multiple powertrain modes. The agricultural tractor may also include an image sensor configured to capture an image of an environment surrounding the agricultural tractor and a processing system. In some ...