System and method for sensing an edge

A system for determining a yield value of a crop comprising:

• at least one distance sensor configured for coupling with a vehicle, the at least one distance sensor configured to monitor a plurality of distances of one or more crop rows along a plurality of adjacent scan lines including:
• first and second edges of the one or more crop rows for an agricultural crop;
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• a crop profile of the one or more crop rows between the first and second edges;
• a controller in communication with the at least one distance sensor, the controller includes:
• an edge sensing system configured to identify the first and second edges of the one or more crop rows from the plurality of distances, the edge sensing system having:
• a comparator module configured to compare values corresponding to the monitored plurality of distances;
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• an identification module configured to identify the first and second edges of the one or more crop rows based on the compared values;
• a yield monitor system configured to determine at least one yield value of the agricultural crop, the yield monitor system having:
• a height array including measured distances of the plurality of distances between the identified first and second edges, the measured distances corresponding to heights of the crop profile;
• a yield generator configured to generate a yield value corresponding to a cross sectional area of the crop profile based on the heights of the crop profile.

A system for determining a yield value of a crop comprising:

• at least one distance sensor configured for coupling with a vehicle, the at least one distance sensor configured to monitor a plurality of distances of one or more cut crop rows along a plurality of adjacent scan lines including:
• a first edge of the one or more cut crop rows for an agricultural crop;
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• a second edge of the one or more cut crop rows;
• a controller in communication with the at least one distance sensor, the controller includes:
• a comparator module configured to compare values corresponding to the monitored plurality of distances;
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• an identification module configured to identify the first and second edges of the one or more crop rows based on the compared values.