US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on July 28 for "Windrow width and volumetric spread measurement of mower implement" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,521, issued on July 28, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Windrow width and volumetric spread measurement of mower implement" was invented by Mahesh Somarowthu (Pune, India), Aashish Sud (Dera Bassi, India), Manu Gupta (Pune, India), Amit A. Naik (Corlim, India) and Brij N. Singh (West Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mower implement comprising may include a main frame, a cutter assembly, a hyperspectral sensor, and a controller. The hyperspectral sensor is coupled to the main frame, receives reflectance from a target area disposed rearward of the cutter assembly and including the windrow, and generates a signa...