ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,926, issued on May 27, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Work machine distance prediction and action control" was invented by Noel W. Anderson (Fargo, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method are disclosed for determining a range of potential distances between a work machine and an object. The system receives an image captured by a camera on the work machine and identifies an object in the image. The system determines an angle between the camera and the object, a height associated with the object, and an uncertainty associated with the height. Based on the angle, the height, and the uncertainty, the system...