ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,100, issued on June 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Automatic mode for object detection range setting" was invented by Alek D. Jerauld (Dubuque, Iowa) and Keith J. Lensing (Asbury, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically changing an obstacle detection range setting of an obstacle detection system based at least in part on a determination of a change in work state of a self-propelled vehicle. The change in work state may be a change from a transport state in which the vehicle is moving across a ground surface, to a stationary operating state. Upon detecting a change to a ...