US Patent Issued to Deere &Company on Jan. 28 for "Laser reference tracking and target corrections for work machines" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,384, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Deere &Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Laser reference tracking and target corrections for work machines" was invented by Michael G. Kean (Maquoketa, Iowa) and Bryan J. Rausch (Durango, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for operating a work machine comprising a laser receiver and an implement for working a terrain. Responsive to movement of the laser receiver, a laser reference is received at a plurality of positions relative to a transmitting laser source, wherein the laser reference corresponds in slope and direction at a defined elevation offset with respect to a targ...