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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2021
Applicant:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Inventors:

Kent Anderson, Signal Mountain, TN (US);

Ben Chostner, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bryon Majusiak, Incline Village, NV (US);

Divya Sharma, Incline Village, NV (US);

Lee Redden, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 7/00 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 7/0089 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); G01N 33/246 (2013.01); G01N 33/245 (2024.05);
Abstract

A farming machine moves through a field and performs one or more farming actions (e.g., treating one or more plants) in the field. Portions of the field may include moisture, such as puddles or mud patches. A control system associated with the farming machine may include a traversability model and/or a moisture model to help the farming machine operate in the field with the moisture. In particular, the control system may employ the traversability model to reduce the likelihood of the farming machine attempting to traverse an untraversable portion of the field, and the control system may employ the moisture model to reduce the likelihood of the farming machine performing an action that will damage a portion of the field.


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