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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2024
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Fukuda, Sakai, JP;
Joshua James Skanderup, Grapevine, TX (US);
KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An attachment is operable to have therein or thereon a transmitter to periodically transmit a first wireless signal which includes a piece of first attachment information relating to the attachment and which is compliant with a near field communication standard. A portable device is operable to transmit a second wireless signal which includes a piece of second attachment information relating to the attachment to be attached to a hitch of a working vehicle and which is compliant with the near field communication standard. A vehicle controller of the working vehicle is configured or programmed to perform a selecting process to select, according to a predetermined condition, a piece of attachment information included in one of one or more of the first and/or second wireless signals received by a receiver, and perform a predetermined process based on the piece of attachment information selected in the selecting process.