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Machine Vision for Crop & Field Analysis

Utilizing optical sensors and image processing to detect, classify, and analyze crops, terrain features, or harvested material to inform automated machine actions and decision-making.

8,997 US filings from 2,432 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,216 · 2024: 2,794 · 2025: 2,717 · 2026 YTD: 1,270

Harvesting & Mowing

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#CompanySince 20232023202420252026 YTDYoY
1Deere & Company645113178203151+14.0%
2CNH Industrial America LLC325801129043-19.6%
3Kubota Corporation15616426632+57.1%
4NEC CORPORATION15343425414+28.6%
5CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA12226374712+27.0%
6SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.11732304015+33.3%
7AGCO International GmbH10013183633+100.0%
8CLIMATE LLC883436171-52.8%
9ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION801629269-10.3%
10Precision Planting LLC792320297+45.0%
11Robert Bosch GmbH6417132212+69.2%
12Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.621817207+17.6%
13SONY GROUP CORPORATION611827142-48.1%
14TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED591716197+18.8%
15Blue River Technology Inc.5523266·-76.9%
16Walmart Apollo, LLC54923139-43.5%
17International Business Machines Corporation531319129-36.8%
18X Development LLC52361222-83.3%
19AGCO Corporation49612238+91.7%
20CNH Industrial Belgium N.V.49·221611-27.3%
21Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.46326620.0%
22TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED46719155-21.1%
23CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH41813119-15.4%
24Hyundai Motor Company41561911+216.7%
25MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLC411823··