The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2024
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Charles Mccauley Ross, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jacob H. Goldstein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Albert Elcano, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Riley John Sleichter, Johnston, IA (US);
Pooja Piyush Mehta, San Jose, CA (US);
Florin Cutu, San Jose, CA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A control system accesses a first set of images corresponding to the farming implement of the autonomous vehicle. Each image in the first set of images comprises pixels of the farming implement and a surrounding environment. The control system generates a pixel mask for the farming implement based on the first set of images, the pixel mask configured to ignore pixels of the farming implement in images to which the pixel mask is applied. The control system accesses a second set of images corresponding to the farming implement and surrounding environment. The control system generates a masked set of images from the second set of images by applying the pixel mask to the second set of images to ignore the pixels of the farming implement in the second set of images. The control system performs a farming action based on the masked set of images, using the autonomous vehicle.