A01B 69/00
Steering of agricultural machines or implements
Official title: Steering of agricultural machines or implements; Guiding agricultural machines or implements on a desired track
A01B69/00 (Steering of agricultural machines or implements) appears on 1,877 US grants and 2,445 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 1,877
- Published applications
- 2,445
- Assignees
- 487
- Inventors
- 3,272
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 2 |
| 2002 | 15 | 11 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 |
| 2004 | 14 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6 | 17 |
| 2006 | 9 | 25 |
| 2007 | 10 | 29 |
| 2008 | 16 | 27 |
| 2009 | 16 | 30 |
| 2010 | 32 | 29 |
| 2011 | 14 | 27 |
| 2012 | 33 | 33 |
| 2013 | 36 | 36 |
| 2014 | 36 | 38 |
| 2015 | 39 | 51 |
| 2016 | 43 | 65 |
| 2017 | 51 | 111 |
| 2018 | 76 | 135 |
| 2019 | 101 | 121 |
| 2020 | 109 | 174 |
| 2021 | 105 | 232 |
| 2022 | 129 | 250 |
| 2023 | 142 | 247 |
| 2024 | 188 | 265 |
| 2025 | 229 | 261 |
| 2026 | 170 | 209 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A01B 69/007Steering or guiding of agricultural vehicles1,284
- A01B 69/001Steering by means of optical assistance347
- A01B 69/003Steering or guiding of machines or implements pushed or pulled by or339
- A01B 69/02Ridge-marking or like devices106
- A01B 69/002Steering or guiding on a substantially circular or spiral path5
Recent patents
- Agricultural implements having foldable marker assemblies6 Oct 2026US 12,751,344 B2AGCO Corporation
- Automatic traveling method, automatic traveling system, and automatic traveling program6 Oct 2026US 12,751,345 B2Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to generate a turn path for a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,751,346 B2Deere & Company
- Working vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,751,347 B2Kubota Corporation
- Work vehicle, control method, and control system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,348 B2Kubota Corporation
- Systems and methods for determining a center pivot point of a circular path based on points passed through by a vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305512 A1AGCO International GmbH
- Systems and methods for determining a center pivot point of a circular path based on a preliminary arc overlaying a digital image8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305513 A1AGCO International GmbH
- Systems and methods for determining a center pivot point of a circular path based on autonomous detection of a preliminary arc8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305514 A1AGCO International GmbH
- A method for cultivating a piece of farmland, and a method and system for generating a cultivation plan8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305515 A1AgXeed Holding B.V.
- Power supply control method, power supply control program, and power supply control system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305516 A1Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Closed circuit video guidance system for farming vehicles and method331US 4,288,814 ATalley & Sons, Inc. · 1981
- Highway premarking guidance system322US 4,247,870 AHer Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Highways and Transportation · 1981
- Sensor-fusion navigator for automated guidance of off-road vehicles289US 6,445,983 B1Case Corporation · 2002
- System and method for planning the operations of an agricultural machine in a field249US 6,236,924 B1Caterpillar Inc. · 2001
- Trajectory path planner for a vision guidance system248US 6,385,515 B1Case Corporation · 2002