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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert T. Casper, Davenport, IA (US);
Nathaniel J. Hartsock, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Ryan M. Krogh, Granger, IA (US);
Doug S. Sauder, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 79/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 79/005 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30188 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, obtained moisture data, planting data, seeding rate and seeding depth, and planted seedbed/furrow quality (e.g., first through fourth data layers associated with select data spear zones distributed throughout the field to conserve data processing resources) are applied, inputted or transmitted wirelessly to a central server, with an electronic data processing device that is configured to estimate a yield of the crop at a row position basis throughout the field.