US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on May 19 for "Controlling image capture based on event timing during planting operation" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,729, issued on May 19, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Controlling image capture based on event timing during planting operation" was invented by Gerald E. Rains (Eldridge, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timing signal is generated and indicates when an event will occur on a planting machine. A camera is controlled based on the timing signal."

The patent was filed on Dec. 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/535,673.

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