Agricultural system for sensing plant material
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsKevin Smith, Stefaan Desmet, Andrew Harmon, Jeffrey Fay, II
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Abstract
An agricultural machine system, includes: an agricultural machine; a control system operatively coupled with the agricultural machine, the control system including: a sensor configured for: sensing a cut stubble of a plant material; outputting a cut stubble signal corresponding to the cut stubble; a controller system operatively coupled with the sensor and configured for: receiving the cut stubble signal; determining a cut stubble characteristic based at least in part on the cut stubble signal; outputting an output signal based at least in part on the cut stubble characteristic.
Claims20
An agricultural machine system, comprising:
- an agricultural machine including a roll gap;
- and
- a control system operatively coupled with the agricultural machine, the control system including:
- a sensor configured for:
- sensing a cut stubble of a plant material;
- and
- outputting a cut stubble signal corresponding to the cut stubble;
- and
- a controller system operatively coupled with the sensor and configured for:
- receiving the cut stubble signal;
- determining a cut stubble characteristic based at least in part on the cut stubble signal, wherein the cut stubble characteristic corresponds to a size of a stem of the cut stubble in a predetermined area, a number of the stem in the predetermined area, and an orientation of the cut stubble;
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- outputting an output signal to cause the agricultural machine to adjust the roll gap, wherein the output signal is based at least in part on the cut stubble characteristic.
A control system of an agricultural machine system, the agricultural machine system including an agricultural machine and the control system which is operatively coupled with the agricultural machine, the control system comprising:
- a sensor configured for:
- sensing a cut stubble of a plant material;
- and
- outputting a cut stubble signal corresponding to the cut stubble;
- and
- a controller system operatively coupled with the sensor and configured for:
- receiving the cut stubble signal;
- determining a cut stubble characteristic based at least in part on the cut stubble signal, wherein the cut stubble characteristic corresponds to a size of a stem of the cut stubble in a predetermined area, a number of the stem in the predetermined area, and an orientation of the cut stubble;
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- outputting an output signal to cause a change in operation of the agricultural machine, wherein the output signal is based at least in part on the cut stubble characteristic.
A method of using an agricultural machine system, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the agricultural machine system, wherein the agricultural machine system includes an agricultural machine and a control system operatively coupled with the agricultural machine;
- sensing, by a sensor of the control system, a cut stubble of a plant material;
- outputting, by the sensor, a cut stubble signal corresponding to the cut stubble;
- receiving, by a controller system operatively coupled with the sensor, the cut stubble signal;
- determining, by the controller system, a cut stubble characteristic based at least in part on the cut stubble signal, wherein the cut stubble characteristic corresponds to a size of a stem of the cut stubble in a predetermined area, a number of the stem in the predetermined area, and an orientation of the cut stubble;
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- outputting, by the controller system, an output signal to cause a change in operation of the agricultural machine, wherein the output signal is based at least in part on the cut stubble characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.