US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Dec. 9 for "Vehicle location with dynamic model and unloading control system" (Iowa, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,678, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Vehicle location with dynamic model and unloading control system" was invented by Sara C. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa), Kellen E. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa), Jeremy J. Faust (Grimes, Iowa), Ryan R. White (Polk City, Iowa) and Nicholas C. Baltz (Port Byron, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hitch point where a receiving vehicle is coupled to a following vehicle is located relative to a leading vehicle. The trajectory or route of the following vehicle is detected and a dynamic model estimates a location of a receiving area in the receiving vehicle relative to the leading ...