US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on July 28 for "Bale identification using net wrap characteristic" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,698, issued on July 28, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Bale identification using net wrap characteristic" was invented by Daniel E. Derscheid (Ottumwa, Iowa) and Georg A. Kormann (Zweibruecken, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bale identification system includes an initial image sensor that is operable to capture an initial image of an initial bale bound with a wrap material. A computing device analyzes the initial image to identify a unique wrap characteristic on the wrap material of the initial bale in the initial image. The computing device may then associate the unique wrap characteristic with the initia...