Agricultural harvesting machine
AssigneeCLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
InventorFrank Claussen
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Abstract
An agricultural harvesting machine has a measurement device for investigating a crop flow conveyed through the harvesting machine. The measurement device includes at least one optical detection unit disposed at the crop flow for detecting light reflected by the crop and an evaluation unit for evaluating the spectrum of the detected light in order to derive properties of the crop. The evaluation unit is disposed at a position of the harvesting machine that is decoupled from mechanical loading by the crop flow to the greatest extent possible and is connected to the detection unit by way of at least one optical waveguide.
Claims16
An agricultural harvesting machine (1) includes a measurement device for investigating a crop flow (13) conveyed through the harvesting machine (1), wherein the measurement device comprises:
- at least one optical detection unit (12) disposed at the crop flow (13), which detects light (46) reflected by the crop (13), and
- an evaluation unit (20), which evaluates the spectrum of the detected light (46) in order to derive properties of the crop (13) therefrom,
- wherein the evaluation unit (20) is disposed at a position of the harvesting machine (13) that is substantially decoupled from mechanical loading by the crop flow (13) and/or other operation-induced acceleration and is connected to the detection unit (12) by way of at least one optical waveguide (40).
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