Methods and imaging systems for harvesting
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsAaron Herrmann, Todd Swanson, Jason J. Stoller
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Abstract
Described herein are methods and harvesters for adjusting settings of a harvester. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method includes capturing, with at least one image capture device that is located on the harvester, images of a field view of an unharvested region to be harvested, analyzing the captured images to determine crop information for a crop of a harvested region that is adjacent to the unharvested region, and adjusting settings or operating parameters of the harvester for the unharvested region based on the crop information for the crop of the harvested region.
Claims13
A computer implemented method for adjusting settings of a harvester comprising:
- capturing, with at least one image capture device that is located on the harvester;
- analyzing the captured images to determine crop information including at least one value chosen from a level or amount of residue crop, residue crop effectiveness, crop header loss, soybean percentage of stalk uncut or length stalk uncut, a level or percentage of soybean cut quality, percentage of surface area viewed that has kernels, percentage of yield loss of crop based on bushel acre estimate or cost per acre estimate, and bushels of crop lost per acre based on cost per acre estimate;
- adjusting settings or operating parameters of the harvester based on the crop information for the crop of the harvested region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.