System, method and apparatus for filling a feed mixer
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsRupali S. Patil, Noel W. Anderson, Matthew G. Dold, Benjamin Buechner, Matthias Meyer
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Abstract
A system for filling a feed mixer, the system comprising: a feed intake device configured to take in a feedstock from a stockpile; a feed processing system for processing the feedstock and directing the processed feedstock into a container of the feed mixer; and a controller associated with the feed processing system, the controller configured to control processing of the feedstock by the feed processing system based on a prescribed recipe.
Claims20
A system for filling a feed mixer, the system comprising:
- a feed intake device configured to take in a feedstock from a stockpile;
- a feed processing system for processing the feedstock and directing the processed feedstock into a container of the feed mixer;
- a camera configured to detect the processed feedstock;
- and
- a controller associated with the feed processing system, the controller configured to:
- determine a first cutting length of the processed feedstock based on the camera;
- and
- change the processing of the feedstock from the first cutting length to a second cutting length that is specified by a recipe.
A method for filling a feed mixer, the method comprising:
- intaking feedstock from a stockpile with a feed intake device;
- processing the feedstock with a feed processing system;
- detecting the processed feedstock with a camera;
- determining, with a controller, a parameter of the processed feedstock based on the camera;
- adjusting, with the controller, a distance between a pair of rollers in the feed processing system between which the feedstock is conveyed as a part of the processing the adjustment based on a recipe and the parameter;
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- conveying the feedstock with the feed processing system into a container of the feed mixer.
An apparatus for filling a feed mixer, the apparatus comprising:
- a feed intake device configured to intake feedstock from a stockpile;
- a feed processing system for processing the feedstock and directing the processed feedstock into a container of the feed mixer;
- a camera configured to detect the processed feedstock;
- and
- a controller associated with the feed processing system, the controller configured to:
- determine a parameter of the processed feedstock based on the camera;
- and
- adjust a penetration depth of a re-cutting device within the feed processing system based on a recipe and the parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.