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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2024
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Daniel E. Derscheid, Ottumwa, IA (US);
Georg A. Kormann, Zweibruecken, DE;
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A bale identification system includes an initial image sensor that is operable to capture an initial image of an initial bale bound with a wrap material. A computing device analyzes the initial image to identify a unique wrap characteristic on the wrap material of the initial bale in the initial image. The computing device may then associate the unique wrap characteristic with the initial bale and save the initial image and the associated unique wrap characteristic in a memory, such that the identified unique wrap characteristic of the initial bale is used as an identifier of the initial bale. The unique wrap characteristic may include a random two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional splotch pattern formed onto a surface of the wrap material.