US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Aug. 12 for "Agricultural equipment with acoustic/vibration sensor and signal processing system" (Iowa, Illinois, California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,857, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Agricultural equipment with acoustic/vibration sensor and signal processing system" was invented by Gerald Eric Rains (Eldridge, Iowa), Scott C. McCartney (Bettendorf, Iowa), Cary S. Hubner (Geneseo, Ill.), Houstin Lee Lichtenwalner Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.) and Bran Ferren (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic or vibration sensor is disposed relative to a portion of an agricultural machine. A sensor signal generated by the acoustic or vibration sensor is provided to a signal processor that identifies acoustic signatures or vibration patterns to determ...