ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,262, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AGJUNCTION LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).
"3-D image system for vehicle control" was invented by Tommy Ertboelle Madsen (Fremont, Calif.) and Anant Sakharkar (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system uses visual odometry (VO) data to identify a position of the vehicle while moving along a path next to the row and to detect the vehicle reaching an end of the row. The control system can also use the VO image to turn the vehicle around from a first position at the end of the row to a second position at a start of another row. The control system may detect an end of row based on 3-D im...