ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,729, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Crop detection system" was invented by Bryan E Dugas (Thibodaux, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sugarcane sampling station includes a sugarcane sampling station including a structure defining a passageway through which a harvested material passes, a core sampler mounted to the structure, the core sampler comprising a coring rod configured to retrieve a sample of the harvested, a crop detection system mounted to the structure, the crop detection system comprising a sensing device configured to detect the harvested material, and a processor configured to det...