US Patent Issued to Raven Industries on July 22 for "Sensor fusion in agricultural vehicle steering" (South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,860, issued on July 22, was assigned to Raven Industries Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Sensor fusion in agricultural vehicle steering" was invented by Alex John Weidenbach (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Jonathan Eugene Mathews (Rapid City, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A row steering system of an agricultural machine is provided. The row steering system includes a first sensor assembly configured to detect a first orientation of the agricultural machine relative to a path reference in a field using a first sensor configured to measure a first characteristic. The system also includes a second sensor assembly configured to detect a second ...