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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Peter Schade, Bad Dürkheim, DE;
John P. Just, Ames, IA (US);
Ambarish Panambilly, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2300/158 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30188 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for optical assessment of crop in a harvesting machine comprising: a camera configured to record an image of the crop; and an image processing system configured to receive the supplied image from the camera and a reference image and generate an output value based on a degree of similarity between the reference image and the supplied image.