ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,185, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to AGTONOMY (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Dynamic path routing using aerial images" was invented by Timothy Bucher (Geyserville, Calif.) and Nicholas Fischer (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include detecting one or more objects within an agricultural environment based on an analysis of a first aerial image of the agricultural environment and determining a first navigational route for an autonomous tractor system to follow to perform an agricultural task within the agricultural environment in view of the detected objects. The autonomous tractor system may be configured to...