Cut quality detection system for an agricultural mower
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorAlbert Childs
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Abstract
An agricultural mowing assembly that includes an agricultural vehicle and at least one mowing device connected to the agricultural vehicle. The at least one mowing device includes a frame and a cutter bar movably connected to the frame. The cutter bar is configured for mowing a crop material in a field. The agricultural mowing assembly also includes a cut quality detection system that includes a plurality of sensors connected to the frame and configured for sensing color variations on the field and a controller operably connected to the plurality of sensors and receiving the sensed color variations on the field from the plurality of sensors. The controller is configured for determining a cut quality of the cutter bar based upon the sensed color variations on the field.
Claims20
An agricultural mowing assembly, comprising:
- an agricultural vehicle;
- at least one mowing device connected to the agricultural vehicle and comprising a frame and a cutter bar movably connected to the frame, and the cutter bar being configured for mowing a crop material in a field;
- and
- a cut quality detection system, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors connected to the frame and configured for sensing color variations on the field;
- and
- a controller operably connected to the plurality of sensors and receiving the sensed color variations on the field from the plurality of sensors, and the controller being configured for determining a cut quality of the cutter bar based upon the sensed color variations on the field.
A method for operating an agricultural mowing assembly, comprising:
- providing an agricultural vehicle, at least one mowing device connected to the agricultural vehicle, the at least one mowing device comprising a frame and a cutter bar movably connected to the frame, and the cutter bar being configured for mowing a crop material in a field, and a cut quality detection system, the cut quality detection system comprising a plurality of sensors connected to the frame and a controller operably connected to the plurality of sensors;
- mowing the field by the at least one mowing device;
- sensing, by the plurality of sensors, color variations on the field;
- and
- determining, by the controller, a cut quality of the cutter bar based upon the sensed color variations on the field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.