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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2024
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Scott N. Clark, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Nathan R. Vandike, Geneseo, IL (US);
Nathan E. Krehbiel, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Patrick D. Elledge, Le Claire, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
An agricultural system includes: a sensor system disposed on a drone communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify a plurality of attributes to be detected; identify one or more characteristics of an obstruction at the worksite; generate, based, at least, on the one or more characteristics of the obstruction, a travel plan for the drone, the travel plan instructing travel of the drone at the worksite to detect the one or more attributes; and control the drone based on the travel plan to travel at the worksite to detect, with the sensor system, the plurality of attributes to be detected and generate sensor data indicative of the plurality of attributes.