Patents by Inventor Patrick D. ELLEDGE

Patrick D. ELLEDGE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12724423
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes: a sensor system disposed on a drone communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify a plurality of attributes to be detected; identify one or more characteristics of an obstruction at the worksite; generate, based, at least, on the one or more characteristics of the obstruction, a travel plan for the drone, the travel plan instructing travel of the drone at the worksite to detect the one or more attributes; and control the drone based on the travel plan to travel at the worksite to detect, with the sensor system, the plurality of attributes to be detected and generate sensor data indicative of the plurality of attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Scott N. Clark, Nathan R. Vandike, Nathan E. Krehbiel, Patrick D. Elledge
  • Publication number: 20260016828
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes: a sensor system communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite, the sensor system configured to detect one or more header performance attributes, of a header of the agricultural work machine, and generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more header performance attributes; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: obtain the sensor data indicative of the detected one or more header performance attributes; determine header performance of the header of the agricultural work machine based on the obtained sensor data indicative of the detected one or more header performance attributes; and generate a control signal based on the determined header performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Scott N. CLARK, Nathan R. VANDIKE, Nathan E. KREHBIEL, Patrick D. ELLEDGE
  • Publication number: 20260013429
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes: a sensor system disposed on a drone communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify a plurality of attributes to be detected; identify a monitoring priority identifying a priority of each attribute of the plurality of attributes; generate, based, at least, on the monitoring priority, a travel plan for the drone, the travel plan instructing travel of the drone at the worksite to detect the one or more attributes; and control the drone based on the travel plan to travel at the worksite to detect, with the sensor system, the plurality of attributes to be detected and generate sensor data indicative of the plurality of attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Scott N. CLARK, Nathan R. VANDIKE, Nathan E. KREHBIEL, Patrick D. ELLEDGE
  • Publication number: 20260013431
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes: a sensor system communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine, the sensor system configured to detect one or more attributes in a measurement area ahead of the agricultural work machine, relative to a travel direction of the agricultural work machine, and generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more attributes in the measurement area ahead of the agricultural work machine; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: obtain the sensor data; identify the one or more attributes in the measurement area ahead of the agricultural work machine based on the sensor data; and generate a control signal based on the identified one or more attributes in the measurement area ahead of the agricultural work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Scott N. CLARK, Nathan R. VANDIKE, Nathan E. KREHBIEL, Patrick D. ELLEDGE
  • Publication number: 20260016830
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes: a sensor system disposed on a drone communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify one or more attributes to be detected; identify one or more characteristics of an obstruction at the worksite; identify, based on the one or more characteristics of the obstruction, a monitoring location at which to position the drone to detect the one or more attributes; and control the drone to travel to the monitoring location to detect, with the sensor system, the one or more attributes and generate sensor data indicative of the one or more attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Scott N. CLARK, Nathan R. VANDIKE, Nathan E. KREHBIEL, Patrick D. ELLEDGE
  • Publication number: 20260013412
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes: a sensor system communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite, the sensor system configured to detect one or more attributes in one or more measurement areas lateral of the agricultural work machine and generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more attributes in the one or more measurement areas lateral of the agricultural work machine; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: obtain the sensor data; identify the one or more attributes in the one or more measurement areas lateral of the agricultural work machine; and generate a control signal based on the identified one or more attributes in the one or more measurement areas lateral of the agricultural work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Scott N. CLARK, Nathan R. VANDIKE, Nathan E. KREHBIEL, Patrick D. ELLEDGE
  • Publication number: 20260016827
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes: a sensor system disposed on a drone communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify a plurality of attributes to be detected; identify one or more characteristics of an obstruction at the worksite; generate, based, at least, on the one or more characteristics of the obstruction, a travel plan for the drone, the travel plan instructing travel of the drone at the worksite to detect the one or more attributes; and control the drone based on the travel plan to travel at the worksite to detect, with the sensor system, the plurality of attributes to be detected and generate sensor data indicative of the plurality of attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Scott N. CLARK, Nathan R. VANDIKE, Nathan E. KREHBIEL, Patrick D. ELLEDGE
  • Publication number: 20260017728
    Abstract: An agricultural system includes: a sensor system communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from an agricultural work machine at a worksite, the sensor system configured to detect one or more job quality attributes in a measurement area at least partially behind the agricultural work machine, relative to a travel direction of the agricultural work machine, and generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more job quality attributes; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: obtain the sensor data indicative of the detected one or more one or more job quality attributes; determine job quality corresponding to the agricultural work machine based on the obtained sensor data; and generate a control signal based on the determined job quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Scott N. CLARK, Nathan R. VANDIKE, Nathan E. KREHBIEL, Patrick D. ELLEDGE