Signal processing method of a bale chamber load signal
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsDidier Verhaeghe, Tom Coen
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Abstract
A signal processing method of a baler system includes the steps of receiving a signal, determining a steady state level and relating the steady state level to a characteristic of a forming bale. A signal is received from at least one sensor associated with a bale chamber of the baler system and a steady state level is determined from the signal. The steady state level of the signal is related to a characteristic of the forming bale in the bale chamber.
Claims20
A signal processing method for a baling system, the baling system comprising a bale chamber having a floor, a ceiling and two walls each having at least one structural member extending a length of the bale chamber along a bale forming direction, and a plunger configured to compress crop material within the bale chamber, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a signal from at least one sensor positioned on the at least one structural member of the floor, ceiling or wall of the bale chamber of the baler system, the signal representative of flexure of the at least one structural member during formation of a bale in the bale chamber;
- determining a steady state level from said signal provided by the at least one sensor positioned on the at least one structural member of the floor, ceiling or wall of the bale chamber of the baler system;
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- relating said steady state level to a characteristic of a forming bale in the bale chamber after compression of the crop material by the plunger.
A signal processing method of a baler system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a signal from at least one sensor positioned on a structural member of a bale chamber of the baler system, the structural member extending a length of the bale chamber, and the signal representative of flexure of the structural member during formation of a bale in the bale chamber;
- determining at least one of a steady state level from said signal and a peak value from said signal;
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- relating either said steady state level to a characteristic of a forming bale in the bale chamber after compression of crop material by a plunger of the baler system or said peak value to a parameter of the plunger in the baler system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.