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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Nathan R. Vandike, Geneseo, IL (US);
Martin Unterpaintner, Saarbruecken, DE;
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for sensing accumulated residue on a transmission surface of a sensor of an agricultural machine and controlling a cleaning of the transmission surface. Using captured information obtained by the sensor through the transmission surface, a first cleanliness value can be derived and compared with a first threshold. If the first threshold is not satisfied, a cleaning system can be activated. Communication of signals generated using the captured information can also then be suspended or assigned a confidence value. Information subsequently captured by the sensor can be used to derive another cleanliness value for comparison to a second threshold. The subsequently derived cleanliness value can result in at least one of a change in the confidence value, resumption of communication of signals generated using captured information obtained by the sensor, deactivation of the cleaning system, and a change in the aggressiveness of the cleaning system.