Monitoring system for an agricultural harvester and agricultural harvester
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsThomas Mahieu, Bart M.A. Missotten
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Abstract
A monitoring system for a combine harvester. The monitoring system includes a sensor configured to provide a measurement wave to a flow of crop residue on the harvester and to receive a response wave from the flow of crop residue. The monitoring system further includes a processor having an input terminal for receiving a response signal of the sensor representative of the response wave. The processor is configured to determine a crop parameter associated with the density of the flow of crop based on the response signal of the sensor. The processor further has an output terminal for outputting a density signal representing the crop parameter.
Claims20
A monitoring system for a combine harvester comprising a straw hood with a ramp, the monitoring system comprising:
- a sensor configured to provide a measurement wave to a flow of crop residue as the crop residue progresses on the ramp of the straw hood and to receive a response wave from the flow of crop residue as the crop residue progresses on the ramp of the straw hood;
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- a processor having an input terminal for receiving a response signal of the sensor representative of the response wave, the processor configured to determine a crop parameter associated with a density of the flow of crop residue based on the response signal of the sensor, the processor further comprising an output terminal for outputting a density signal representing the crop parameter.
A combine harvester, comprising:
- a header for harvesting a crop of a field;
- a threshing system for separating a crop residue from the harvested crop;
- a straw hood comprising a ramp for guiding a flow of crop residue towards the field;
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- a monitoring system, comprising:
- a sensor configured to provide a measurement wave to the flow of crop residue as the crop residue progresses on the ramp of the straw hood and to receive a response wave from the flow of crop residue as the crop residue progresses on the ramp of the straw hood;
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- a processor comprising an input terminal for receiving a response signal of the sensor representative of the response wave, the processor configured to determine a crop parameter associated with a density of the flow of crop residue based on the response signal of the sensor, the processor further comprising an output terminal for outputting a density signal representing the crop parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.