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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2023
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Michael R. Cozza, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting worn, damaged, or missing agricultural implement components includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to fly relative to an agricultural implement. The UAV includes a propulsion system configured to provide propulsive power to the UAV and a component status sensor mounted to the UAV and configured to generate data indicative of a status of one or more components of the agricultural implement. The system also includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the propulsion system and the component status sensor and configured to monitor the status of the component(s) of the agricultural implement based on the data generated by the component status sensor. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine when the component(s) of the agricultural implement is worn, damaged, or missing based on the monitored status of the component(s).