ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,616, issued on July 8, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Implement automation system" was invented by Gerald Ray Johnson (Newton, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated operational and mission planning system for power unit and implement operations. The system generating connection profiles based on power unit profiles and implement profiles to facilitate operational controls for a combined machine system. The mission planning system generating plans for selected projects using implement-based operation instructions. The operational system onboard the power unit executing mission plan with connection profile adju...