Device for estimating at least one property of fodder, a kit, a container comprising the device, and a method for estimating at least one property of fodder
AssigneeSeges Innovation P/S
InventorsNiels Bastian Kristensen, Claus Bertram Marcussen
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Abstract
A device for estimating at least one property of fodder includes a screw at least partially installed in a cylinder bore configured for transporting a part of the fodder, an electromagnetic radiation source configured for irradiating the part of the fodder transported by the screw by radiation with wavelengths longer than 780 nm, and a photonic sensor configured for detecting electromagnetic radiation transmitted through, reflected by or emitted by the part of the fodder transported by the screw, and for outputting an output signal representing the detected electromagnetic radiation.
Claims17
A container for carrying fodder, the container comprising:
- a device for estimating at least one property of fodder, the device comprising:
- a feeder configured for transporting a part of the fodder into a bore and through the bore from a first opening of the bore to a second opening of the bore;
- an electromagnetic radiation source configured for irradiating the part of the fodder transported into and through the bore by the feeder by radiation with wavelengths longer than 780 nm;
- a photonic sensor configured for detecting electromagnetic radiation transmitted through, reflected by or emitted by the part of the fodder transported in the bore by the feeder, and for outputting an output signal representing the detected electromagnetic radiation;
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- a processing unit configured for calculating at least one property of the fodder based on the output signal.
A method for estimating at least one property of fodder, the method comprising:
- compressing and/or structuring fodder;
- transporting a part of the compressed and/or structured fodder into a bore and through the bore from a first opening of the bore to a second opening of the bore;
- irradiating the compressed and/or structured fodder in the bore by radiation with wavelengths longer than 780 nm;
- detecting radiation transmitted through, reflected by or emitted by the compressed and/or structured fodder in the bore;
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- analysing an output signal representing the detected radiation for estimating the at least one property of the compressed and/or structured fodder in the bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.