US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Sept. 30 for "Planting characteristic detection and control using a seed sensor" (Iowa, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,532, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Planting characteristic detection and control using a seed sensor" was invented by Jason D. Walter (Bettendorf, Iowa) and James Z. Liu (Venice, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed sensor senses seeds on a row unit and generates a seed sensor signal. A number of planting characteristics, such as a seed orientation, seed slugging, delivery system wear, and seed abnormalities, can be detected based on the seed sensor signal. The planter can be controlled based on the detected planting characteristics."

The patent was filed on March 15, 2022, under Application...