ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,664, issued on Dec. 9, 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 environment or location information a work vehicle detected by a sensor, receive user input data, and cause the work vehicle to traverse and exit a first row in the first plot, traverse a margin area located between the first plot and an adjacent field, and perform a turning maneuver process before entering a second row in the first plot. ...