ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,245, issued on July 21, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for controlling the operation of an agricultural implement" was invented by Brittany Schroeder (Bunker Hill, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling the operation of an agricultural implement includes a disk blade configured to rotate relative to soil in a field across which the agricultural implement is traveling. Furthermore, the system includes an imaging device configured to generate image data depicting a portion of the field positioned forward of the disk blade. Additionally, a computing system is confi...