US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Nov. 11 for "System and method for determining surface finish within an agricultural field" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,967, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for determining surface finish within an agricultural field" was invented by Brittany Schroeder (Bunker Hill, Ind.) and Joshua D. Knoblauch (Lowpoint, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine includes a LiDAR sensor configured to generate a three-dimensional point cloud depicting a portion of a field surface present within a field of view of the LiDAR sensor. Furthermore, the agricultural machine includes a computing system configured to receive the generated three-dimensional point cloud from the LiDAR sensor....