System and Method for Measuring and Reporting Windrow Moisture
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorsGrant Lewis Good, Lucas Andrew Weller, Eric John Herbers
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of determining when a windrow of crop is ready to be baled. A sensor embedded in or passing over the windrow senses a characteristic of the windrow associated with a moisture content of the windrow and generates corresponding sensor data. A processing element analyzes the sensor data to determine whether the windrow is ready to be baled and provides an alert when the windrow is ready to be baled.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method of determining when a windrow of crop is ready to be baled, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- monitoring, via a sensor embedded in or passing over the windrow, a characteristic of the windrow associated with a moisture content of the windrow and generating corresponding sensor data;
- receiving, in a processing system, the sensor data generated by the sensor;
- determining, with the processing system, whether the windrow is ready to be baled based, at least in part, on the sensor data;
- if the determining step determines the windrow is ready to be baled, providing an alert, via the processing system, that the windrow is ready to be baled.
A method of creating a windrow of crop and determining when the windrow is ready to be baled, the method comprising:
- creating, with a windrow machine, the windrow;
- embedding a sensor in the windrow while the windrow is created by the windrow machine;
- monitoring, via the sensor, a characteristic of the windrow associated with a moisture content of the windrow and generating corresponding sensor data;
- receiving, in a processing system, the sensor data generated by the sensor;
- determining, with the processing system, whether the windrow is ready to be baled based, at least in part, on the sensor data;
- if the determining step determines the windrow is ready to be baled, providing an alert, via the processing system, that the windrow is ready to be baled.
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