ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,303, issued on June 23, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Volume determination system, a vehicle having a volume determination system, and methods of operating such a vehicle" was invented by Evan Thomas Smith (Spirit Lake, Iowa) and Michael J. Runck (Jackson, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a holding tank including a plurality of segments, each configured to hold an individual product, a plurality of suspension assemblies supporting the vehicle, and a volume determination system. The volume determination system is configured to receive image data from at least one imager system of the vehicle during a...