US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on April 7 for "System and method for mapping obstructions in a work area to corresponding locations" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,384, issued on April 7, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"System and method for mapping obstructions in a work area to corresponding locations" was invented by Lance R. Sherlock (Asbury, Iowa) and Ryan R. White (Polk City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for mapping obstructions in a work area traversed by a work machine such as a sprayer, combine or other machine having a ground-engaging work implement. While the work machine traverses the work area, and via output signals from sensors associated with the work machine, obstructions are detected at (e.g., using perception sensing on a c...