ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,722, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Turning control for autonomous agricultural vehicle" was invented by Shotaro Kawahata (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle navigation system includes a controller configured or programmed to receive information of a work vehicle, receive data input from a user, and cause the work vehicle to traverse a first plot, exit the first plot; traverse a margin area located between the first plot and an adjacent area or a second plot, and perform a turning maneuver process before entering a second row in the first plot. When the work vehicle ...