ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,645, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Visibility of work implement using augmented reality" was invented by Juan Daniel Gonzalez (Saltillo, Mexico), Ignacio Alonso Martinez (Ramos Arizpe, Mexico) and Daniel Chapa Montemayor (Monterrey, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for improvements to a work vehicle that utilizes an implement that may be partially obscured from operator view during use. A camera array can be mounted to the vehicle to generate image data for the working environment of the implement and target object of the implement. Further, a ga...