ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,552, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Method for ascertaining a soil condition" was invented by Stefan Brocke (Mannheim, Germany) and Florian Schott (Einhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ascertaining a soil condition includes observing via a detection device, including a sensor, a kinematic behavior of a track drive caused by sinking when driving on a compressible underlying surface, and determining via an assessment device, including a processor connected to memory, at least one parameter characterizing the soil condition based in part on the observed kinematic behavior of the...