ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,788, issued on May 20, was assigned to Deere &Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Residue characteristic confidence and control" was invented by Nathan R. Vandike (Geneseo, Ill.), Andrew J Peterson (Geneseo, Ill.) and Duane M. Bomleny (Geneseo, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural system obtains a residue map that maps residue characteristics of a field, wherein the residue map is based on data collected at or prior to a first time. The agricultural system obtains supplemental data indicative of characteristics relative to the worksite, the supplemental data collected after the first time. A residue characteristic confidence output, ...