ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,821, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Systems and methods for predictive reel control" was invented by Nathan R. Vandike (Geneseo, Ill.) and Duane M. Bomleny (Geneseo, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A predictive map is obtained by an agricultural system. The predictive map maps characteristic values at different geographic locations in a field. A geographic position sensor detects a geographic location of an agricultural harvester at the field. A control system generates a control signal to control a reel subsystem of the agricultural harvester based on the geographic location of the agricultural h...