ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,860, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Digital panning system and method for a work machine" was invented by Joseph J. Baggot (Dubuque, Iowa) and Alek D. Jerauld (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital panning system for a work machine with an articulating joint assembly includes the fore portion of the work machine, the rear portion of the work machine, a first image capturing device, a second image capturing device, a first display device, a second display device, and a controller. The controller has a processor with a digital mapping and filtering analyzer coupled to the devices wherein ...