ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,107, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"System and method for plant treatment based on neighboring effects" was invented by Lee Kamp Redden (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for plant treatment, including: receiving a first measurement for a plant from a sensor as the sensor moves within a geographic area comprising a plurality of plants; in response to receipt of the first measurement and prior to receipt of a second measurement for a second plant of the plurality, determining a set of treatment mechanism operation parameters for the plant to optimize a geographic area output param...