System and method for sensor-based monitoring of a harvesting operation
AssigneeCNH Industrial Belgium N.V.
InventorsLucas Deruyter, Bertl Verschaeve, Bart M.A. Missotten, Bert Vandewalle
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Abstract
A system for sensor-based monitoring of a harvesting operation includes a header having a rotating reel, an optical sensor and a rotational reel position sensor. The optical sensor is configured to capture optical data in response to a trigger signal associated with an output signal of the position sensor indicative of a rotational position of the reel. A related method includes triggering the optical sensor when the reel is arranged in at least one predetermined rotational position and capturing optical data by the optical sensor when triggered.
Claims15
A system for sensor-based monitoring of a harvesting operation, the system comprising:
- a header comprising a frame and a reel rotatably supported relative to the frame;
- at least one optical sensor configured to capture optical data within a field of view of the at least one optical sensor, wherein the reel is partially arranged within or movable through the field of view of the at least one optical sensor;
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- a rotational reel position sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the reel;
- wherein the system is configured to trigger the at least one optical sensor in a predetermined rotational position of the reel based on the detected rotational position.
A method for sensor-based monitoring of a harvesting operation, the method comprising:
- operating a header and thereby rotating a reel of the header around a reel axis;
- detecting a rotational position of the reel by a rotational reel position sensor while the reel is rotating;
- triggering at least one optical sensor when the reel is arranged in at least one predetermined rotational position;
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- capturing optical data by the at least one optical sensor when triggered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.